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Coke Ovens: A High Risk Job
197812 min 8 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Boyce Richardson
Production: Andy ThomsonPeter Katadotis
Script: Boyce Richardson
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada. Completion services provided by Bomi Productions Limited.
Topside workers on coke ovens have the most dangerous job in industry. Union and company representatives at Stelco Ltd., Hamilton, Ontario, describe the hazards of working on the ovens, and the efforts being made to improve conditions. Emissions from the ovens are dangerous not only for the workers, but for the whole community. Hamilton has the highest rate of lung cancer in Canada--and possibly in the world, says one of the workers.
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Subject categories
- Health and Medicine > CancerOccupational Health
- Industry and Commerce > Health and SafetyMetal and Steel IndustriesWork and Labour Relations
- Safety > Occupational Safety
- Work and Labour Relations > Working Conditions
Credits
- director
- Boyce Richardson
- script
- Boyce Richardson
- producer
- Andy Thomson
- executive producer
- Peter Katadotis
- camera
- Don Virgo
- sound
- Bev Davidson
- editing
- Mike Goddard