Each year on April 28, we observe Workers’ Memorial Day, a day to remember workers who were injured, became ill, or lost their lives because of workplace hazards. The date was chosen as it is the anniversary of the Occupational Safety and Health Act going into effect.  With that being one of the greatest victories in the fight for workplace safety.

In Ohio alone, 165 workers were killed on the job in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. These are people who left for work in the morning and did not make it home at the end of the day leaving behind families, coworkers, and communities forever changed. [bls.gov]

Workers’ Memorial Day is about honoring those lives, but it is also about awareness and prevention. 

So was very proud to stand with the local OSHA Director political and labor leaders, and sadden to stand for the families and friends of those killed on the job in Northern Ohio earlier this week at the Toledo Observance. 

Workplace tragedies are not just numbers. They are reminders of why safety matters, why training matters, and why workers deserve protection when something goes wrong.

On this day, and every day, we remember the workers we’ve lost and we at the Law Offices for Kurt M. Young recommit ourselves to safer workplaces and support for injured workers across Ohio and fighting for those who have to mourn the dead whose parent, spouse, child or loved one went to work at the start of their shift and never clocked out.  

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