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Stories of Hope
Threads of Life participants and supporters are working to prevent future tragedies by telling their stories and making sure everyone understands why workplace safety is important.
There is hope …
“It has been a long journey since the death of my husband. Each day is a gift to us and we remember Leo every day. After years of counselling, support from family for myself and the children, and finding Threads of Life we have been able to live a new normal.
-Erin Pitruzella, whose husband Leo, a labourer for a paving company, died when he was struck by a dump truck loaded with asphalt
If today is an average working day in Canada
Three workers die today
3 Canadian workers will be killed or die as a result of occupational disease
Hundreds injured today
Hundreds will be seriously injured or made ill because of work
Thousands affected today
Thousands of families, communities and workplaces will be affected
Making your (safety) list and checking it twice
Be sure that your lights are appropriate for the location. ‘Tis the season to stay safe! Safety is a 365 day a year concern for all of us. Different seasons call for different reminders of how to stay safe, and the holiday season is no different. I don’t know...
Touched by tragedy
by Wilfred Langmaid
I never personally knew my maternal grandfather, Leroy Maxwell, but his story was part of the narrative of my childhood.
Grief didn’t know it was a holiday
There are various days during the year that society calls a ‘holiday’ – like the upcoming season, mostly called Christmas even by those who do not recognize it as a religious day. For many, the planning for this Christmas season seems to start even before Hallowe’en....
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