MUNICIPALITY: To be installed in facilities Posted By TREVOR TERFLOTH, THE DAILY NEWS A tragic incident from more than a decade ago could make local facilities safer for children. Approximately 2,700 specially designed coat hooks were delivered to the municipality yesterday. Henkel Hook created the devices, which can support about 26 pounds, so the weight […]
December 1992: Marilyn Dumas, a 9-year-old girl lost her life as she was accidentally hung on a coat hook while playing in a washroom stall at school. February 1998: Myles Neuts, a 10-year-old boy was found hanging on a coat hook in a washroom stall at school. Myles died six days later. April 2004: Tallon […]
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In February, 1998, a tragic death occurred in a Southern Ontario school. While the actual sequence of events leading to the fatality are still unclear, the facts were that a student was found hanging from a coat hook in a school washroom and that he died of asphyxiation. The Coroner?s Inquest that followed made over […]
Becky Regier sat down at the kitchen table with The London Free Press on a February morning in 1998 and her world quickly changed. She read the story of 10-year-old Myles Neuts, who was found unconscious, hanging on a hook at St. Agnes Catholic school in Chatham. He died. Regier couldn’t get the tragic story out of […]
Are you the owner or manager of a fitness facility? You know that the most important thing is your members’ safety. With the various equipment, heavy weights, and members who are working hard in their training, the potential is always there for an accident. It is, therefore, the responsibility of the facility to make sure […]
Although bullying in school is nothing new, more students are being bullied than ever before. According to the National Center for Educational Statistics, one out of every four students reported being bullied in 2015. Only 36% who said that they were bullied actually went to a teacher or administrator to report the incident. More than half […]
The number one priority for teachers and administrators is to make sure that students have a safe environment where they can development academically and socially. In order for a child to learn, he or she will need to feel safe. If not, he or she may feel more anxious and less engaged. In addition to […]
