Are employers getting away with too many injuries and deaths on the job?

Sunday on Cross Country Checkup: Workplace safety

One worker dies on the job, on average, nearly every day in Canada. 

In the past month, a contract worker in the oil sands near Fort McMurray, Alta., died when he was buried while digging a trench. A subway-track maintenance worker with the Toronto Transit Commission died after he was pinned between two vehicles. Three workers died in an ammonia leak at a B.C. hockey arena.
 
They may sound like isolated incidents scattered across the country. But add cancers and long-term illnesses developed in workplaces and 850 workers died last year in Canada.
 
After a CBC News investigation this week, many are asking whether employers pay a high enough price when workers are killed on the job.
 
The investigation revealed few employers end up behind bars for violating worker safety laws and rarely face maximum penalties. The average fine imposed on employers after a workplace fatality is $97,000 dollars.

Do negligent employers face enough punishment for unsafe workplaces?
 
What kind of pressures are workers feeling? Have you ever been in a workplace where workers felt they had no choice but to get the job done even if it wasn't safe?
 
Employers are obliged to make work sites safe and numbers of workplace deaths have been dropping since the 1980s. Is there enough training and safety education in your workplace or are people cutting corners that lead to accidents?
 
Our question today: "Are employers getting away with too many injuries and deaths on the job?"