Remember: Stories of Workplace Tragedy

Tommy Raymond

Tommy Raymond

Tommy Raymond worked as a foreman at a container pier in Bedford, NS for over 25 years. On September 13, 2009, Tommy had been called in to work an extra shift.
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Gerry Blackburn

Gerry Blackburn

Gerry and his dad Gerald were hard-working fishermen. It was late May, the best time of year for lobster fishing.
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Larry MacKay

Larry MacKay

On the Friday before Thanksgiving in 1999 Larry MacKay, a saw-filer in a saw mill, called home from the hospital to tell his wife Cheryl he'd been cut at work.
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Keith (Mickey) Myles

Keith (Mickey) Myles

On a Monday morning in September 2006, Keith - or Mickey as he was affectionately known to friends and family - went to work just like so many Mondays before.
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Lewis D'Entremont

Lewis D'Entremont

Lewis was a fisherman. The sort of fishing he did is called purse seining.
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Joe Legge

Joe Legge

When Joe woke up in the hospital two weeks after an industrial explosion at his workplace, he was recovering from burns over 65% of his body.
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