TUMWATER — Six young people under the age of 25 — three loggers, a landscape worker, a farmworker and a commercial diver — and an 80-year-old equipment operator are among the 89 people who died from work-related causes in 2014.
They will be honored at the state Department of Labor & Industries’ Worker Memorial Day ceremony at 2 p.m. Tuesday.
The ceremony, which is open to the public, will be at L&I’s main building in Tumwater, 7273 Linderson Way S.W.
The ceremony will include a reading of the names of the workers who died, accompanied by bell ringers from the Washington State Council of Fire Fighters.
After the ceremony, families of the workers are invited to ring the brass bell in the Worker Memorial garden.
“Workplace deaths are tragic for everyone, and we know that they can be prevented,” said Joel Sacks, state Department of Labor & Industries director, said in a news release.
“The best way to honor those workers whose lives were cut short is to do everything we can to make sure people are well trained for their jobs, and that employers and workers have a shared commitment to safety in both words and actions.”
For more information, see www.WorkerMemorialDay.Lni.wa.gov.