Last year there were 175 work-related deaths in B.C., which is six less than 2022 but that number is still higher than other previous years .
Across the country people are honoring those who've lost their lives on the job. As Victoria Femia reports, while that number has gone down slightly this year compared to last, it's still high, highlighting just how important it is for employers to take workplace safety, seriously.A National Day of Mourning ceremony was held in Kelowna on Sunday at Ben Lee Park. The day is a way to reflect on those who died in the workplace.
April 28 signifies the Day of Mourning across Canada, where workers, employers, families, and communities pay tribute to workers who lost their lives due to a workplace injury or illness. “We find that prevention is better than having to come in and do an investigation when a worker is hurt or killed.”Premier Moe responds to Trudeau’s ‘good luck with that’ comment
“All of that type of stuff brings hazards, new things to wrap your heads around, stuff for the employers to get used to, staff to get used to understand the processes,” said Tarling.
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