Bruce Power honours fallen and injured workers on Day of Mourning

Workplace safety is everybody’s responsibility and each person on the Bruce Power site, from the shop floor to the board room, has a duty to ensure employees get home safely at night.

 

That was the message conveyed during an on-site ceremony, marking the anniversary of the Day of Mourning, Tuesday.

Bruce Power president and chief executive officer Duncan Hawthorne urged all employees and union partners to never forget the people who have died or become ill in the workplace, and to work together to prevent it from happening again.

 

“Safety is our number one value at Bruce Power," he said. "That means every one of us has to care enough to act to ensure our workplace is safe for our colleagues. Our safety-first culture creates a benchmark that greatly reduces the number of workplace injuries, illnesses and deaths across our site and extends to our contractors and visitors from across the province.”

 

The annual commemoration of the Day of Mourning on the Bruce site included members of the Grey-Bruce Labour Council, the Power Workers’ Union, The Society of Energy Professionals, the Building Trades Union, Ontario Power Generation, members of the Saugeen First Nation and family members of those who lost their lives during the construction of the Bruce site. Those who died are honoured on a memorial cairn outside Bruce Power’s corporate office.


 

Bruce MacLean (in front) pipes the Day of Mourning participants to the Memorial Cairn for the wreath-laying ceremony during Bruce Power's annual Day of Mourning ceremony, Tuesday; photo courtesy of Bruce Power communications