Workers' Memorial Day, a day to remember those who have lost their lives, been made ill or injured on the job, was observed across the country and around the world on April 28.  In Boston, workers gathered on the steps of the State House, where names of the 75 individuals, including 13 members of the military, who were fatally injured on the job in the previous year were read. 

In Washington, D.C., Celeste Monforton, DrPH, MPH, escorted a group of 24 family members to a meeting with Labor Secretary Hilda Solis to discuss much needed reforms to our workers health and safety programs at OSHA and MSHA.  he families traveled from California, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.  Attending the meeting were three other OHS Section members: Peter Dooley, David Michaels (Assistant Secretary of Labor) and Jordan Barab (Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor).  Two of the family members testified at Congressional hearings on April 27 and April 28, about their loved ones’ deaths from preventable workplace hazards, as did Celeste Monforton.