National Day of Mourning: Family, friends keep memories alive of those who died on the job
CBC
It has been almost a decade since Karen Hann's 25-year-old son, Andrew, died while working in a potash mine in Saskatoon.
On Friday, Hann, along with Nicole and Drew Corcoran, laid a wreath in Andrew's memory during a ceremony held at Confederation Building in St. John's to mark the National Day of Mourning for those killed or injured on the job.
"It's very important to be here today to keep his memory alive," Hann said in an interview with CBC News.
According to Workplace N.L., 30 people in this province lost their lives while working in 2022. More than a hundred people, including loved ones, union members and politicians attended the ceremony on Friday.
Nicole Corcoran was six months pregnant with her daughter Drew — named after her father — when Andrew died.
"Drew just never got to meet her dad," Karen said. "Make sure that you work safe and go home to your family."
Hann said the family attends the ceremony annually.
"It's important for us to come here every year so Drew can see it's not just our family that's going through this," she said.
Nicole Corcoran said the family also wants to raise awareness about workplace safety. Andrew Hann was working to build scaffolding when he fell 18 metres from a platform.
"For our case, Andrew fell through an unmarked hole and he wasn't wearing any fall protection," she said. "If he was wearing fall protection, he wouldn't have died."
In April 2006, Patrick Stamp was welding on a ship anchored in Conception Bay, near St. John's, when fumes ignited inside the tank where he was working. He escaped, but the heat disfigured his face and damaged his lungs.
Stamp's friend and colleague, Wayne Dalton, died in the accident. On Friday, Stamp and Wayne's wife, Colleen, laid a wreath in his honour.
"It's very important to attend this every year and to remember him and others that were lost to workplace accidents," Stamp said.
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