Tomorrow is the annual "Day of Mourning" for workers killed by accidents or occupational diseases. It is sponsored in BC by WorksafeBC, the Business Council of BC and the BC Federation of Labour.

Doug Alley, VP of HR, for the Business Council wrote a piece on the Day of Mourning in Monday's Vancouver Sun ("One death at work is one to many) and the statistics he sets out are sobering: (1) 121 workers lost their lives in 2009 in BC, 61 through work related accidents and 60 through occupational disease; and (2) BC has had an accident rate of three accidents per 100 workers for many years now.

A letter from the BC Federation of Labour, which sets out some of the history on the Day of Mourning, can be found here.

WorkSafeBC's Day of Mourning webpage can be found here.