Workplace Fatalities

• ‘One workplace fatality is simply too many’: Nova Scotians observe Day of Mourning

  A large crowd took part in a moment of silence to mark the National Day of Mourning for those who lost their lives or suffered injury or illness due to their work.

  Canada

  Apr 28, 2023
  
• Nova Scotia reports 24 work-related deaths in 2022

  New data on workplace deaths shows that two dozen Nova Scotians lost their lives at work or because of work last year, due to traumatic injuries or chronic conditions.

  Health

  Mar 17, 2023
  
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• WorkSafe Saskatchewan launches new 5-year strategy to reduce injuries, fatalities

  A tri-partnership launched a new five-year strategy to reduce workplace injuries and fatalities.

  Politics

  Mar 13, 2023
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• 30 years after Westray disaster in N.S., families say justice still rare in worker deaths

  Twenty-six miners died on May 9, 1992, when a methane and coal-dust explosion ripped through the shafts in Plymouth, N.S., with 11 bodies never recovered.

  Canada

  May 9, 2022
• Department of Labour investigating electrocution death of Nova Scotia Power lineman

  Nova Scotia's Department of Labour is investigating the death of a Nova Scotia Power lineman who was electrocuted on Friday afternoon.

  Canada

  Mar 26, 2022
• Saskatchewan remembers those lost to workplace fatalities on National Day of Mourning

  Flags at all government buildings in Saskatchewan will be lowered to half-mast from sunrise to sunset on Tuesday to mark the National Day of Mourning.

  Canada

  Apr 28, 2020
• Saskatchewan WCB reports 78 per cent increase in workplace deaths for 2018

  There were 48 workplace fatalities in Saskatchewan during 2018 — an increase of 78 per cent from 2017.

  Canada

  Mar 14, 2019
• Alberta Labour returns control of Leduc workplace to business owner after worker deaths

  A little over two weeks after three men were found dead at a Leduc business, Alberta Labour has returned control of the Millennium Cryogenics Technologies workplace to its owner.

  Canada

  Nov 30, 2018
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• Sask. work deaths reaching crisis level, says U of R professor

  The stats don't always reflect the stories of those who were lost, but professor Sean Tucker says there are steps that can be taken to reverse the deadly trend.

  Canada

  Oct 11, 2018
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• 27 Saskatchewan workplace deaths in 2017 ‘unacceptable’: WCB

  The Workers’ Compensation Board said there were 27 workplace deaths in Saskatchewan last year.

  Canada

  May 2, 2018