Hello
Happy Safety and Health Week! While we, at Threads of Life, think safety and health should be a focus every week, it’s wonderful to have everyone’s attention focused at the same time. Threads of Life exists to serve those affected when workplace health and safety fails. But like you, we envision a world in which work-related injuries, illnesses and deaths are morally, socially and economically unacceptable. Let’s make the most of this Safety and Health Week and build on it through the rest of the year.
We already know how to do this
There are some established formulas for health and safety at work: Identify-Assess-Control; Information-Education-Training. For Grant Barnsley, the missing components from both formulas cost him his right foot, 13 months in hospital, and years of pain. Grant was a new apprentice, untrained in slinging and rigging. A frayed sling broke, and the load crushed his legs. Now Grant works in health and safety and shares his story as part of Threads of Life’s speaker’s bureau. About training, he says, “It’s not just another day in the classroom; it’s the start of you being safe and coming home to your loved ones.”

This Safety and Health Week, Grant asks you to read his story and share it with your workplace. We already know the formulas for good health and safety -- we all need to put them into place.
Welcome Yukon!!
The Threads of Life family has expanded! Welcome to our newest partner, Yukon Workers’ Compensation Health and Safety Board. We are honoured to work with YWCHSB to bring peer support and other programs to those affected by work-related tragedy in the territory. Yukon Workers’ Compensation Health and Safety Board joins our other partners from coast to coast to coast in Canada.
It's not too late to Step up
We’re SO HONOURED! As you’re reading this, the fundraising thermometer for Steps for Life - Walking for Families of Workplace Tragedy is continuing to rise. Many virtual events and openings were held the first weekend of May, with a few still coming up next weekend. We’re beyond grateful to all the volunteers and participants who have devoted their time and energy to Steps for Life in a difficult year. With overall sponsorships and fundraising challenged by the pandemic, we still need your help, and it’s not too late to get involved. You can register and walk for Steps for Life until the end of May. And you can donate until June 30. Don’t miss this chance to step up for health and safety!
ICYMI: On the blog
We can't say enough about our volunteers!

How can we possibly thank our volunteers enough? They're the driving force behind Threads of Life - as volunteer family guides, speakers, Steps for Life planning committees, trade show representatives, family forum support, workshop facilitators, ...

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Mourning together on April 28

For families affected by work-related tragedy, most of those dates are very personal: a last birthday, the date of the funeral, the day of a missed anniversary or graduation. These are their personal days of mourning.

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