WSIB Simcoe Park Workers Monument - Toronto, ON
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N 43° 38.671 W 079° 23.200
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This is a monument is a sobering reminder that accidents can and do happen far too often in the workplace.
Waymark Code: WMCVEB
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 10/14/2011
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Two separate pieces of work combine to make this monument. The first is called 100 Workers and it consists of two long, low walls made out of polished red granite. On the top of the walls are 100 individual bronze plaques with the name of a worker, who died in a workplace accident, engraved on it. There is one worker named for each year from 1901 until 1999. The plaque for the year 2000 has been left blank. 100 Workers is by John Scott & Stewart H. Pollock
The second part of this monument is called The Anonymity of Prevention. This is a bronze sculpture of a man, dressed in work clothes and wearing full safey gear, kneeling on one knee and appearing to chisel into the wall of 100 Workers. This sculpture was done by Derek Lo and Lana Winkler.
100 Workers along with The Anonymity of Prevention combine to make the WSIB Simcoe Park Workers Monument which is part of the City of Toronto's Art walk. It is number 9 - (
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"WSIB Simcoe Park Workers Monument
John Scott and Stewart H. Pollock, Derek Lo and Lana Winkler
2000
The WSIB Simcoe Park Workers Monument is a variation of a work originally conceived by John Scott during the 1980s, titled 100 Workers, that commemorated individuals killed in work-related accidents. For this version 100 small brass plaques have been set into a low wall, each bearing the name and accidental cause of death of a specific individual, one for each year from 1900 to 2000.
Located in the very heart of Toronto, it is a reminder that our cities have been built upon the toil and labour of “ordinary” workers dedicated to their tasks.
Also specific to this version of Scott’s work is the inclusion of a life-size and life-like figure titled, The Anonymity of Prevention, created by Derek Lo and Lana Winkler, depicted as though he were in the process of constructing the wall of the monument."
You will find this monument on the north side of Front Street West, across from the Metro Convention Centre.
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