Rob Ellis and Jessica Di Sabatino lost a son and brother in 1999 to a workplace accident: David was 18 and it was his second day on the job. Rob and Jess have been on the lookout for Safety Champions ever since. This is their blog.

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Blue Jays home opener - let's play ball!

Submitted by Rob on Sat, 04/05/2008 - 01:08.

The crack of the bat, the roar of the crowd.... at the Blue Jays Home Opener game against the Boston Red Sox in their hometown of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

The stadium there holds about 57,000 seats, so let's say it's not sold out (although that doesn't usually happen til a bit later in the season) and 47,000 bums are in the seats today.

47,000 fans...

The same number of young workers - ages 15 to 24 - who get injured on the job each year in Ontario alone.

One teenager's nightmare first job

Submitted by Rob on Thu, 04/03/2008 - 22:24.

Here's a horror story of the first job of a teenage daughter of my friend (don't worry, this story has a happy ending).

Last summer Colleen, then 15, worked at a small family-owned deli and bakery and right from the get-go she had a heck of a time getting what she was due, and zero luck getting protected or treated with respect. Just a few of her problems at this job:


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