But the death feels like a footnote at the gathering, and despite a few murmurs, it is shrugged off by those present. The worker suffered a heart attack and threw himself out of a crane to avoid accidentally landing on the controls and hurting those around it. Then, the staff learn that one of their peers has died. He rattles off a warning about appropriate PPE. “Okay boys-couple notices here,” the man leading the meeting says. She is far from home, as are most of her co-workers people have come to the mines from across Canada and beyond its borders. It’s April 2008, and Beaton has been working in the Alberta oil sands for over a year.
O ne of the most memorable scenes from Kate Beaton’s new graphic memoir happens at a routine safety meeting.
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