Remembering Lost Workers
Workers Memorial
In Remembrance
This virtual Workers Memorial Wall is in honor and recognition to those who lost their lives while on the job. In addition to injuries or incidents there have been many lives lost due to occupational illnesses and diseases in the U.S. They are family members — spouses, children, siblings, grandparents, friends, and coworkers — and we recognize them and all our fallen workers on this page.
We value all our fallen workers and offer their families our support, compassion and appreciation.
This page was developed in partnership with the United Support & Memorial for Workplace Fatalities (USMWF). If you have lost a loved one due to a work-related incident, we invite you to share his/her photograph with OSHA at remembrance@dol.gov as we will recognize him/her on our virtual Workers Memorial Wall.
Travis Herrick, 37
Alaska
Kyle Bussey, 28
Colorado
Michael Anthony Matteoli, 26
California
Stacey Keen, 39
Idaho
Everett Henry, 25
Nebraska
Joe McDonald, 75
Kentucky
Ivan C. Martinez, 57
Texas
Gerald (Jerry) Kennedy, 30
Minnesota
Andrew Whitcomb, 35
Iowa
Roosevelt Lynch, 59
West Virginia
Tracy Baslee, 56
Nebraska
Christopher Simpson, 35
Texas
Andrew Brundidge, 56
Illinois
Ricky Lee Workman, 54
Texas
Jason Atkins, 25
West Virginia
Cecil Barker, 62
West Virginia
Richard Lane, 45
West Virginia
Ronald Gene Bruce, 29
Ohio
Dale "Vinny" Frisque, 59
Michigan
Lee Firestone, 58
Florida
Brian Dupuis, 51
Virginia
Christopher Doughty, 18
Texas
Mitchell McDaniel, 19
Wisconsin
Jose Lomeli, 22
California
Stanley Hubbard, 46
Tennessee
William Andrew Richards, 38
Ohio
Zane Fecht, 32
Nebraska
Richard Peebles, 29
Mississippi
Patrick Archer, 50
Ohio
Al Bullock, 71
Nebraska
Alfredo Rodrigues
New Jersey
Austin Milton
North Carolina
Avery Zorn, 59
South Carolina
Brian Cellar, 62
Nebraska
Brian Allen, 49
Missouri
Brian Miller, 37
Illinois
Bryan Bradley, 40
New Jersey
Chad Roberts, 20
Kansas
Chad Weller, 21
Maryland
Brian Thigpen, 17
Georgia
Cody Bragg, 23
Illinois
Craig Anderson, 26
Nebraska
Craig Bagley, 28
Alaska
Damien Whipple, 24
Georgia
Dan Dutcher, 62
Nebraska
David Ball, 47
Nebraska
David Vasquez, Jr., 23
Indiana
Don Tentler, 47
Illinois
Eric Gohagan, 44
Alabama
Evaristo Alvarado, 57
Illinois
James Ailstock, 60
Georgia
James Craig
James White, 27
Florida
Jason West, 52
Ohio
Jeff Burnham, 40
Kansas
Joe Partin, 33
Kentucky
CharQuaveiun Bloodsaw, 23
Georgia
John Evers, 67
Minnesota
Jorg Borowski, 57
New York
Joshua Beam, 33
Indiana
Kenneth Maggert, 58
Michigan
Lewis Bissell, 60
Ohio
Loren Boller, 23
Nebraska
Margarito Alvarez, 58
Texas
Maurice Alexander, 40
North Carolina
Melvin Balaban, Jr., 56
Nebraska
MiChelle Abernathy, 52
Illinois
Nathaniel Acosta, 24
Oregon
Nikolai Briggs, 26
Pennsylvania
Noe Hamer
New York
Patrick Andrew Bachtell, 31
West Virginia
Paul Cash, 47
Tennessee
Paula Bellamy, 38
Virginia
Randy Wilson, 50
North Carolina
Robert Augeri, 31
Massachusetts
Robert Dameron, 44
Virginia
Rodney Bridgett, 37
Nebraska
Ryan Hitchler, 25
Nebraska
Sammy Barnett, 42
Kansas
Scott Winkler, 50
New York
Shirley Samuelson, 62
Wyoming
Darren J. Miller, 35
New York
Stephan Ballasch, 35
Colorado
Stephen Robert Smith
Oregon
Stephen Woods, 41
Alabama
Terence Akard, 19
Texas
Thomas Bales
Nebraska
Thomas Wooten, 56
New Hampshire
Thomas Zahnow, 50
West Virginia
Trina Cunningham, 50
Maryland
William Wilson, Jr., 43
Iowa
Wyatt Whitebread, 14
Illinois
Yvonne Von Shurelds, 58
Ohio
Jerod Chapman, 29
Pennsylvania
Tim Conant, 23
Wyoming
Sean P. Dennehy, 46
Pennsylvania
Regina Allen Elsea
Alabama
Jenny Gulledge Gabriel, 61
North Carolina
Ray Gonzalez, 54
Texas
Maurice Moore, Jr., 39
Texas
Jason Andresen, 45
Brooke Baures, 21
Wisconsin
John Bennett, 63
Nebraska
Gregory Bish, 26
Deuel Block, 27
Wisconsin
Shawn Boone, 33
Indiana
Paul L. Springer, 44
Pennsylvania
Derrick Burkhalter, 50
Wisconsin
Robert Buskey, Jr., 55
Pennsylvania
Jesse Cady, 32
Nebraska
Hoyt Ferguson, 46
Mississippi
Benjamin Fisher, 29
Indiana
Robert Fitch, 51
Nebraska
Frank Freer, 46
Indiana
Dustin Galyan, 25
Oklahoma
Whitney Gardner, 30
Kentucky
George Hamner, 54
West Virginia
Robert Hanna, 51
Nebraska
Justin Harrington, 27
Massachusetts
Sherman Holmes, 55
Kevin Keane, 28
Minnesota
Nolan Keane, 18
Minnesota
Larry Kizer, 62
Kentucky
Michael Kittle, 29
Wisconsin
Travis Koehler, 26
Nevada
Adrian LaPour, 44
Steven Lillicrap, 21
Missouri
Orestes Martinez, 29
Texas
Jerry Milligan, 48
Kansas
Juan Pablo Morillo, 30
New Jersey
Gary Puleio, 53
Pennsylvania
Zachary Pumper, 34
Minnesota
Dirk Remington, 46
New York
Zachary Roberts, 25
North Dakota
Vincente Rodriguez, 20
Nevada
Sheri Sangi, 23
California
Andy Schanding, 43
Kentucky
Colton Schoenrock, 23
Kansas
Daniel Seelhoff, 50
Nebraska
Paul Sliger, 49
Nebraska
Jim Spencer, 61
Nebraska
Erin Sperrey, 20
Maine
Michael Steele, 15
Missouri
Zachary Trotter, 26
Indiana
Travis Lamont Cason, 43
South Carolina
Fred Ware Jr., 59
West Virginia
Gary Weinke, 67
Indiana
Daniel Wessel, 45
Oregon
Jason Weston, 41
Nebraska
Tim Wilson, 49
Nebraska
Michael Fernandez Haith, 37
Alabama
Kevin J. Anderson, 58
North Dakota
Edmund Ryan Cowboy, 34
South Dakota
Victor Vargas, 42
Texas
David De la Cruz, 27
Texas
Tim Cole
Kansas
Larry "Scott" Stinson, 53
Indiana
Jose Luis Jacobo, 39
Iowa
Gregory Hock, 65
Pennsylvania
Concepcion Chacon Rivera, 26
Florida
Timothy Poch, 53
West Virginia
Larry A Griffin Jr., 28
Indiana
Cody Fred Svatos, 28
Nebraska
Timothy J. Barber, 35
New York
Washington, DC Ceremony
Workers Memorial Day 2023 National Ceremony
Workers Memorial Day 2023 Wreath Laying Ceremony
Workers Memorial: Remembering Fallen Workers
More than a number - Testimonies of those left behind
Workers Memorial Day Events
Visit our Workers Memorial Events page to find an event near you.
Workers Memorial Day Poster
Workers Memorial Day Gallery
Workers Memorial Day events and acknowledgements have been happening across the U.S. With your permission we would like to highlight your events and share your memories with our viewers.
We invite you to share your photographs by emailing them to Tonya Ford, our family liaison, at Ford.Tonya.E@dol.gov.
Washington, DC Ceremony
Wreath Laying, Washington, DC
Remembering Our Fallen Workers
Workers Memorial Day Recognized Across Our Country
Proclamations
Ohio proclamation requested through our alliance with USMWF, family member Mary Archer.
North Dakota proclamation requested through our alliance with USMWF, family member Tammy Anderson.
Wisconsin proclamation requested through our alliance with USMWF, family members Kerrie Baures and Stacy Sebald.
Nebraska proclamation signing
Washington, DC Ceremony - U.S. Air Force Honor Guard presents our nation's colors
Washington, DC Ceremony - Family members of our fallen workers watching the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard present our nation's colors.
Washington, DC Ceremony - Tonya Ford, OSHA's first family liaison
Washington, DC Ceremony - MSHA's Assistant Secretary Christopher J. Williamson
Washington, DC Ceremony - OSHA's Assistant Secretary Douglas L. Parker
Washington, DC Ceremony - Acting Secretary Julie Su
Washington, DC Ceremony - AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler
Washington, DC Ceremony - Wanda Engracia and her daughter, Samantha Morillo
Washington, DC Ceremony - U.S. Department of Labor's Gail Patterson, accompanied by Bennett Gamble, sings "Wind Beneath My Wings"
Washington, DC Ceremony - U.S. Department of Labor's Bennett Gamble accompanies Gail Patterson as she sings "Wind Beneath My Wings"
Washington, DC Ceremony - Chaplain Kimberly Willis leads a prayer and moment of silence
Wreath Laying - Tonya Ford, OSHA's family liaison, welcomes all to remember our fallen workers as we lay a wreath in their honor and memory
Wreath Laying - The children of fallen worker Patrick Archer of OH joined with OSHA's Assistant Secretary Douglas L. Parker, Acting Secretary Julie Su and MSHA’s Assistant Secretary Christopher J. Williamson walked together to hang the wreath in honor and
Wreath Laying - The children of fallen worker Patrick Archer of OH joined with OSHA's Assistant Secretary Douglas L. Parker, Acting Secretary Julie Su and MSHA's Assistant Secretary Christopher J. Williamson hung the wreath in honor and memory of our fall
Wreath Laying - Mary Archer in memory and honor of her husband, fallen worker Patrick Archer of Ohio, placed a rose and rang the bell in his memory
Wreath Laying - Tamara Anderson in memory and honor of her husband, fallen worker Kevin Anderson of North Dakota, placed a rose and rang the bell in his memory
Wreath Laying - Kathy Andresen in memory and honor of her husband, fallen worker Jason Andresen of Indiana, placed a rose and rang the bell in his memory
Wreath Laying - Samantha Morillo in memory and honor of her father, fallen worker Pablo Morillo of New Jersey, placed a rose and rang the bell in his memory
Wreath Laying - Chaplain Kimberly Willis, M. Div., BCC, executive director, Veterans Administration Chaplain Service, leads a prayer and moment of silence at the Workers Memorial Day ceremony
Wreath Laying - The families of fallen workers came together to honor and remember their loved ones and all of our fallen workers
Wreath Laying - Members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 joined together in memory an honor of fallen worker Robert Cunningham
Wreath Laying - The families of our fallen workers together with a few of the OSHA's OOC Team to honor and remember all our fallen workers
MSHA's Assistant Secretary Christopher J. Williamson, OSHA's Assistant Secretary Douglas L. Parker, OSHA's Deputy Assistant Secretary Jim Frederick, former OSHA's Deputy Assistant Secretary Jordan Barab and OSHA's Assistant Secretary Dr. David Michaels
Wreath Laying - Current and past assistant secretaries joined by Tonya Ford
Remembering Our Fallen Workers - Samantha Morillo remembers and honors her dad, fallen worker Pablo Morillo, 30 of New Jersey
Remembering Our Fallen Workers - Mary Archer remembers and honors her husband, fallen worker Patrick Archer, 50 of Ohio
Remembering Our Fallen Workers - Mary Archer and her six children honor and remember their dad/husband, fallen worker Patrick Archer, 50 of Ohio
Remembering Our Fallen Workers - Adrienne Haith-Crawford remembers and honors her brother, fallen worker Michael Fernandez Haith, 36 of Alabama
Remembering Our Fallen Workers - Kathy Andresen remembers and honors her husband, fallen worker Jason Andresen, 45 of Indiana
Remembering Our Fallen Workers - Tamara Anderson remembers and honors her husband, fallen worker Kevin Anderson, 58 of North Dakota
Remembering Our Fallen Workers - Vincent Balthazor and Stacy Sebald remembers and honors their brother/son, fallen worker Mitchell McDaniel, 19 of Wisconsin
OSHA's Omaha Area Director Matt Thurlby at the USMWF Nebraska Workers Memorial Day Candlelight Vigil in Lincoln, NE.
OSHA's Oklahoma City Area Office Staff recognizing Workers Memorial Day
