Reverend Jeremy Mahood reflects on workplace deaths at Day of Mourning event
CBC News | Posted: April 29, 2015 4:00 PM | Last Updated: April 29, 2015
"Everyone deserves the right to return home from work," said senior All Nations Church pastor
Sudbury Reverend Jeremy Mahood remembers all-too-well a phone call he received in the middle of the night years ago from the former Inco mine.
"They said, 'There's been an incident, and we need you and your critical incident stress team,'" he said.
Mahood, the senior pastor at All Nations Church, has now been working for decades with people affected by the aftermath workplace deaths.
He spoke on Tuesday at the annual Day of Mourning that was hosted by Sudbury's United Steelworkers Local 6500, where hundreds of people gathered to remember workers who have been injured or killed on the job.
"Everyone deserves the right to return home from work, both physically and emotionally," he said.
"Our job is to prevent accidents," said Mahood. "But if we can't prevent them ... then our next duty is to provide care."
Listen to more of Mahood's speech here: