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Newfoundland's Workplace Safety Crisis: Families Demand Action
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Newfoundland and Labradors workplace safety funding remains stagnant, despite a surge in fatalities and calls for stricter enforcement. Last year, the province saw seventeen workplace deaths, with fourteen from occupational diseases, ranking it third worst in Canada for injury fatalities from 2020 to 2024. Families, unions, and experts demand tougher penalties and actual jail time under the Westray Law for criminal negligence causing deaths. However, no criminal charges have ever been filed in this way in the province, with investigations often dragging and employers avoiding serious penalties due to staffing shortages and training gaps. Minister Mike Goosney, a former safety tech, acknowledges the issue but hasnt promised new resources, leaving workers and their families calling for an auditor general review to finally step up and protect workers province-wide.
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