OPINION: Enforce, reinforce workplace safety laws 25 years after Westray
- May 7, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
No CommentsBy DANNY CAVANAGH Throughout the world each day, thousands are diagnosed with a terminal illness, become disabled, are injured or die due to workplace conditions. Each year, April 28 is recognized as the Day of Mourning — a tradition that began here in Canada. It is a day when unions, governments and businesses publicly acknowledge workplace injuries, illnesses and deaths. Many
Opinion: Federal leadership needed to enforce worker safety with Westray Law
- April 30, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
Two corsages placed on a cairn in Campbell River where two men died in the Quinsam Coal Mine accident. The cairn is a tribute to the men that died in the Westray mine accident in 1992. Don MacKinnon / Vancouver Sun On May 9, 1992, a community in Nova Scotia was shattered when an explosion
Opinion: Federal leadership needed to enforce worker safety with Westray Law
- April 28, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
Two corsages placed on a cairn in Campbell River where two men died in the Quinsam Coal Mine accident. The cairn is a tribute to the men that died in the Westray mine accident in 1992.Don MacKinnon / VANCOUVER SUN On May 9, 1992, a community in Nova Scotia was shattered when an explosion at