( Perrin Grauer / Star Vancouver ) Honour Guard members in full dress uniform lead a procession following the 2019 Day of Mourning gathering in Vancouver in remembrance of B.C. workers killed and injured due work-related factors. ( Perrin Grauer / Star Vancouver )One of those speakers, Mike Shaw, recounted a 2013 on-the-job skiing accident, which resulted in his neck being broken. workers killed on the job in 2018 was 187 — more than 40 per cent more fatalities than the 131 listed by WorkSafeBC as “accepted claims” for work-related deaths. Sunday’s event was co-hosted by the BC Federation of Labour, the Vancouver & Labour District Council, the Workers’ Compensation Board of B.C.

Source: thestar April 28, 2019 23:01 UTC