Assignment task: Please watch the video titled "Fernie Memorial Arena Incident Animation" (6:06 minutes)
1. Could a similar incident have occurred in your workplace (Why or why not?)
2. What hazards were they aware of? Which ones did they miss?
3. What specific control strategies (e.g. engineering, administrative or personal protective equipment) did the employer have in place to reduce risk? What control strategies should they have had in place?
4. What was the arena management's main concern? Could this have led to the death of the workers?
5. Where the workers following proper protection when going into the arena to fix the problem? Would the outcome have been different if they had followed proper protection protocol?