Workplace Safety

• 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
  
• Fatal workplace incident at Lucan Biddulph business leaves 1 dead: OPP

  Middlesex OPP, the Middlesex-London Paramedic Service and Lucan Biddulph Fire responded to the business on Breen Drive Monday morning.

  Canada

  May 2
  
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• Saskatchewan reflects on workplace tragedies on National Day of Mourning

  National Day of Mourning aims to create awareness to prevent further workplace tragedy. WorkSafe Saskatchewan reports that 31 people were killed on the job in the province in 2021.

  Canada

  Apr 28
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• ‘Safety is number one’: National Day of Mourning ceremony held in Lethbridge

  On Thursday afternoon, CUPE Local 70 and the City of Lethbridge held a National Day of Mourning ceremony for the first time in two years, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

  Education

  Apr 28
• Nova Scotia families call for improvements to workplace safety

  On the National Day of Mourning, families of employees who died in workplace accidents renewed calls to implement better safety precautions to prevent future injury or death.

  Canada

  Apr 28
• Mother of construction worker who died in Kelowna, B.C. crane collapse to speak

  There will be speakers from WorkSafe BC, the City of Kelowna and the North Okanagan Labour Council speaking in honour of a loved one who was injured or died.

  Education

  Apr 27
• 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
• WorkSafeBC sets out to address workplace bullying and harassment

  In response to last year’s numbers, WorkSafeBC launched the Bullying, Harassment and Prohibited Action Initiative to address the rise in bullying and harassment cases.

  Canada

  Mar 24
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• Man injured following workplace accident in Lindsay: police

  Police say a man fell into an open pit at a workplace site on Kent Street West in Lindsay.

  Crime

  Mar 3
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• Manitoba man dies after equipment hits hydro line: RCMP

  A 58-year-old man from Edwin, Man. is dead after a piece of equipment he was operating came into contact with a hydro line, RCMP say.

  Canada

  Mar 1