Workers killed on the job honored at Middlesex County event

Susan Loyer, MyCentralJersey.com
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The Middlesex County Board of Commissioners gathered with local dignitaries, representatives from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and leaders from organized labor to honor fallen workers at the annual Workers Memorial Day event.

The event was held Friday at the entrance of the Health & Life Science Exchange (HELIX) site on Paterson Street in New Brunswick.

“Workers Memorial Day is about remembering those hardworking Americans who lost their lives over the past year as a result of work-related incidents or illness,” Middlesex County Commissioner Director Ronald G. Rios said. “Let us pause for a moment to honor the workers who have passed and continue to commit ourselves to doing everything we can to safeguard workers and their families in the future.”

The Middlesex County Board of Commissioners gathered Friday with local dignitaries, representatives from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and leaders from organized labor to honor fallen workers at the annual Workers Memorial Day event.
The Middlesex County Board of Commissioners gathered Friday with local dignitaries, representatives from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and leaders from organized labor to honor fallen workers at the annual Workers Memorial Day event.

In addition to Rios, the speakers included Assembly Speaker Craig J. Coughlin; Michael McLaughlin, vice president of the Middlesex County Building and Construction Trade Council; Wayne Martiak, president of the Middlesex County AFL-CIO Continuing Labor Council; and Patricia Jones, area director, U.S. Department of Labor/OSHA, Avenel Area Office.

Held annually on April 28, Workers Memorial Day was established nationally in 1989 in honor of the date the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 went into effect.

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