If today is an average working day in Canada, three workers won乌鸦传媒檛 come home from their jobs, killed by hazards from heights to equipment to toxic dust乌鸦传媒攖housands more will be injured.

All these tragedies cause waves of grief and difficulty for families, friends, co-workers and the wider community.

On May 3 communities across Canada will come together to honour those changed lives and prevent future tragedies. Steps for Life-Walking for Families of Workplace Tragedy is an annual event to boost awareness of workplace tragedy and raise funds for Threads of Life, a national charity. Threads of Life provides programs and services for workers and families affected by work-related deaths, serious injuries and occupational disease.

Rebecca Orr is one of those individuals. Her husband Lance was a rigger on a construction site and was killed when a load of heavy concrete forms slipped from the chains of the crane overhead, crushing him.

乌鸦传媒淏eing the spokesperson for the Kelowna Steps for Life walk gives me the chance to share my own personal story of a workplace fatality and living with the aftermath of that,乌鸦传媒� Rebecca said. 乌鸦传媒淩aising our daughter who never got a chance to meet her dad, how walking this road without him on my own is, and how it has changed me. It also gives me a chance to support other communities and to raise awareness of the importance of workplace safety.乌鸦传媒�

Steps for Life is a five kilometre walk that brings together those affected by workplace tragedies and the people and organizations committed to preventing them. 

With its first-ever Steps for Life event, Kelowna joins more than 30 communities across Canada. It takes place at City Park on May 3.  More information is available on the .