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Honor all who die on the job, here or abroad.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 28-APR-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Honor all who die on the job, here or abroad.(Columns)(Column)

Article Excerpt
Byline: GUEST VIEWPOINT By Steven Hecker For The Register-Guard

Today, April 28, is Workers Memorial Day. Few readers have likely heard of this day, which commemorates the thousands of Americans who die in work related-fatalities each year. Today we honor 82 Oregonians who died on the job in 2004-05, among the nearly 6,000 Americans who lose their lives at work in an average year.

Workers Memorial Day will be marked in Eugene at noon Friday with a ceremony at Room 220 of Gerlinger Hall at the University of Oregon. The public is welcome.

For most Americans, death on the job remains distant until it unexpectedly strikes a family member, friend, neighbor...

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