Tomorrow is Workers Memorial Day

April 27th, 2015 by Julie Ferguson

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April 28 is Workers Memorial Day, a day dedicated to remembering those who have suffered and died on the job and renewing the fight for safe workplaces.

Here are some resources and events about tomorrow’s observances.

OSHA: 4,585 [U.S.] workers died on the job in 2013

Interactive Map of 2014 Worker Fatalities

Death on the Job report, 2014

Workers’ Memorial Day — April 28, 2015
CDC’s Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report

Find Workers Memorial Day events near you

Intolerance for Unsafe Workplaces
Edward Wytkind, President of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO

Occupational exposure is OSHA’s focus for this year’s Workers’ Memorial Day

5 “Easy” Ways to Improve Temp Worker Safety
Alliance for the American Temporary Workforce

#WorkersMemorialDay

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