Worker Memorial Day 2015
Information and Resources:
- University of Washington 2015 Event Program: Download
- 2015 Keynote Speech by Stephen A. Bezruchka: Download
- University of Washington 2015 Event Flyer: Download
- 2015 OSHA Worker Memorial Day Poster - Download
- WA L&I Thoughts and Photos Honoring Washington State Workers who Died in 2014: Download
- WA L&I Workers Memorial Day Website: Visit
- Dr. David Michaels and Joseph Main, “Renewing Our Commitment to Worker Safety”: View
- Dr. John Howard, NIOSH Director, “Workers Memorial Day, 2015”: View
- President Obama, “Workers Memorial Day, 2015”: View
- AFL-CIO’s 2015 “Death on the Job; The toll of neglect” report, April 2015: View
- National COSH, “Not an Accident: Preventable Deaths 2015,” April 28, 2015: Download
- CDC – MMWR, “Workers’ Memorial Day, April 28, 2015” (statistics): View
- EHS Today, “4,585 Reasons for Workers Memorial Day”: View
- EHS Today, “Celebrating World Safety and Health at Work Day": View
- Renewing our Commitment of Worker Safety OSHA Blog - View
- Additional OSHA Resource List: Download
In honor of Worker Memorial Day, please view this video from WA L&I.
2015 Gallery:
2015 Workers' Memorial Day Planning Committee Singing "we just come to work here, we don't come to die" A moment of silence for fallen workers Committee members listening as the names of fallen workers are read Jeff Johnson, president of the WA State Labor Council Keynote speaker Stephen Bezruchka, UW Dept. of Health Services Ramon Torres, president of Familias Unidas por la Justicia recalls a fallen co-worker and friend