For today, on this Day of Mourning, I will hold close to my heart those who have not returned home from work. I will pray for those who have been left waiting for the hug that will never happen.
For today, I will leave a candle burning in the window throughout the day and the night in honor of those who aren’t coming home, and to light the way for those who are.
Safety doesn’t have to be complicated - simply slowing down in life is one of the best ways to stay happy, safe, and focused on what matters most - being present and healthy to spend time with the people you’re really working for - your family!!
One of the questions I am asked most often is how to communicate discomfort about a situation, or to call out plainly unsafe behaviour to a co-worker in a manner that will be well received.
Today is a day to remember. A day to give pause in recognition of so many who lost their lives at work. Those who died making a living. For me, it also signifies, and calls to mind, all of the details of the day that my life as I knew it changed. I was one of the lucky ones who survived what countless others did not - I didn’t return home at the end of the work day, but I did eventually go home.
You may not know it, but you are already wearing the most effective and powerful PPE money can’t buy.
CBC Radio UP North Interview - kickoff to Fall 2018 with the Timmins Health and Safety Conference
