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Worker Memorial Day
Annual ceremony honors fallen Wash. workers Posted online Weds., April 24 Photos Courtesy Washington State Department of Labor & Industries Many of the parents, spouses, children, and other relatives of the nearly six-dozen people who died from a job-related illness or injury last year in Washington State attended a ceremony this week to mark the annual Worker Memorial Day. The 66 workers honored included young people, such as the 22-year-old college student working as a commercial fisherman, to seniors who died from diseases caused by workplace exposure to asbestos while they were in their prime working years. Some worked in jobs considered hazardous, like logging, construction, and fishing, while Many of the others were in less parents, spouses, hazardous profeschildren, and sions, such as insurother relatives of ance, research, or the nearly sixsales. dozen people who "Worker Memodied from a jobrial Day is a somber related illness or reminder that there injury last year in is still much work to Washington State do to make sure evattended a cerery worker in Washemony Tuesday in ington returns home Tumwater to mark safely at the end of the annual Worker the day," said WashMemorial Day. The ington State Departceremony included ment of Labor and a reading of the Industries (L&I) Dinames of the workrector Joel Sacks. "We ers who died, achonor those who died companied by bell last year by pledging ringers from the to do everything in Washington State our power to prevent Council of Fire these tragedies from Fighters. being repeated." The ceremony was held Tuesday afternoon at L&I's central building in Tumwater. It was open to the public and attended by Governor Jay Inslee, as well as representatives of the Association of Washington Business, the Washington State Labor Council, and the Washington Self-Insurers Association. The ceremony included a reading of the names of the workers who died, accompa-
nied by bell ringers from the Washington State Council of Fire Fighters. After the ceremony, the families were invited to ring the brass bell in the Worker Memorial garden on the grounds of the L&I building. The agency has hosted a ceremony for Worker Memorial Day for 20 years. "We never lose sight of the fact that behind each [workplace fatality] investigation is a real person -- a person who left behind hopes and dreams, family and friends," said Sacks. "They were hardworking dedicated co-workers, spouses, fathers, mothers, sons and daughters -- people just like you and me. They didn't
know that going to work -- something we all do every day -- would end their lives. "Even if you could bring the number [of worker deaths] down to one person, it would be one too many," added Sacks. "I was honored to attend yesterday's ceremony and meet the families of those workers," said Gov. Inslee. "Their inspiring stories are a reminder of how important it is to work together to support safe work environments for all workers." A complete list of the workers honored this year is available online at WorkerMemorialDay.Lni.wa.gov.