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  1. Eternal Flame WisCOSH's Memorial To our Fallen Brothers and Sisters Eternal Flame

    Workers' Memorial Day, April 28th, is an annual event to commemorate those workers killed on the job or who die from workplace exposures and/or illness. The Milwaukee area comemmoration is co-sponsored by WisCOSH, the WI State AFL-CIO, and the Milwaukee Area Labor Council as a reminder of the continuing strugle for safe and healthy jobs. Traditionally, the names of the deceased have been read to pay homage. However, due to a law passed in 1993, called "The Confidential Nature of BLS Records," the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor is not allowed to release of the names of workers who do not receive death benifits, nor do they include the names of persons that die from occupational disease. If you have the name and information of someone who died on the job or from a work related exposure or illness please contact WisCOSH with the information.

    If you have lost a loved one to occupational illness, workplace exposure or a death in the workplace and are looking for some help figuring out what to do and who to contact the United Support and Memorial for Workplace Fatalities may be of help. This web site is run by a woman, and her family, who lost her brother to a workplace fatality. They provide support, awareness, tributes, memorials, article, self-help, workers comp. laws, wrongful death attorneys and safety resources. And most of all they care! They listen!

    At a workers' memorial that commemorates the dead there should be no 'John Does'!! Join WisCOSH in working for that day when we loose no more loved ones to unsafe workplaces, and everyone who goes to work comes back home again.

    Year by Year Listing of Names

    Note: Not all links are functional yet as this page is still under construction.
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    2006 2007 2008 2009  2010
    2011

  2. 1992

    On April 28, the unions of the AFL-CIO observe Workers Memorial Day to remember those who have suffered and died on the job, and to renew the fight for safe workplaces.

    If you have lost a loved one to occupational illness or a death in the workplace and are looking for some help figuring out what to do and who to contact the United Support and Memorial for Workplace Fatalities may be of help. This web site is run by a woman, and her family, who lost her brother to a workplace fatality. They provide support, awareness, tributes, memorials, article, self-help, workers comp. laws, wrongful death attorneys and safety resources. And most of all they care! They listen!

    Following are the names of workers whose deaths on the job were reported to the state and federal authorities during 1992. Missing are those workers whose deaths were not reported.

    The following workers' names were read at WisCOSH co-sponsored vigils on Workers Memorial Day, 1993
    Name of Worker
    Date of Death    		   Name of Worker
    Date of Death    		   Name of Worker
    Date of Death
    January
    Paul F. Mandella
    Jan. 2, 1992    		   Michael J. Weis
    Jan. 3, 1992    		   William J. Gain
    Jan. 13, 1992
    Scott England
    Jan. 15, 1992    		 Gene A. Goodwin
    Jan. 15, 1992    		 Antoni Frackowiak
    Jan. 18, 1992
    Allen Polar
    Jan. 20, 1992    		 Michael M. Morrow
    Jan. 30, 1992    		 Jeffrey Meyers
    Jan. 31, 1992
    John VandenBogart
    Jan. 31, 1992    		 Melvin Jansen
    Jan. 31, 1992    		  
    February
    Frank Kreis
    Feb. 14, 1992    		   Clifford Peterson
    Feb. 19, 1992    		   Gilbert E. Arndt
    Feb. 21, 1992
    Saul Ruiz
    Feb. 22, 1992    		 Ralph H. Schwertz
    Feb. 23, 1992    		  
    March
    David L. Blair
    March 3, 1992    		   Vincent Eraquam
    March 13, 1992    		   Dennis J. Seil
    March 31, 1992
    Diane E. Pertzborn
    March 31, 1992    		  
    April
    James M. Engelke
    April 3, 1992    		   Prentiss Triplett
    April 4, 1992    		   Eric W. Jorgenson
    April 8, 1992
    Mari I. Eggen
    April 10, 1992
    May
    John L. Schauer
    May 2, 1992    		   James J. Kearns
    May 4, 1992    		   Richard A. Cuccio, Jr.
    May 6, 1992
    Bruce Radke
    May 14, 1992
    June
    Jerome Boehlen, Jr.
    June 10, 1992    		   Patrick R. Duwe
    June 11, 1992    		   Mark Olszewski
    June 13, 1992
    Ronald D. Wenzen
    June 17, 1992    		 Edmund Kedzierski
    June 20, 1992    		 Todd Anderson
    June 26, 1992
    Lincoln Sizemore
    June 28, 1992
    July
    Alphonse A. Sosalla
    July 3, 1992    		   Kenneth W. Johnson
    July 7, 1992    		   Richard D. Retzlaff
    July 9, 1992
    John VandenLangenberg
    July 14, 1992    		 Howard Warsing
    July 17, 1992    		 William G. Matthias
    July 22, 1992
    Linda C. Harmann
    July 23, 1992    		 Ralph Koch
    July 23, 1992    		 Harry McLaughlin
    July 23, 1992
    August
    Arthur L. Krebs
    August 14, 1992    		   Richard J. Wagner
    August 17, 1992    		   James A. Bucholz
    August 19, 1992
    George Kolak
    August 23, 1992    		 R. J. Kosloske
    August 23, 1992    		 Randy Little
    August 31, 1992
    September
    Heather L. Dzioba
    Sept. 1, 1992    		   John A. Olson
    Sept. 1, 1992    		   Darlene Ann Lapplander
    Sept. 13, 1992
    Peter Lord
    Sept. 15, 1992    		 Travis A. Gerstner
    Sept. 17, 1992    		 Arnold Montgomery
    Sept. 22, 1992
    Dale Beuer
    Sept. 22, 1992    		 Mark Johnson
    Sept. 25, 1992
    October
    James Nemecek
    Oct. 8, 1992    		   Cozette R. Hamilton
    Oct. 9, 1992    		   DeLaine Braaten
    Oct. 9, 1992
    Frank Gutierrez
    Oct. 24, 1992    		 Arthur Sypernaw
    Oct. 26, 1992    		 Ervin R. Woyak, Jr.
    Oct. 29, 1992
    November
    Glen Heiderer
    Nov. 2, 1992    		   Steve Boehm
    Nov. 23, 1992    		   Chad Dolata
    Nov. 24, 1992
    December
    Russel Wilbur
    Dec. 3, 1992    		   Peter Weisenberger
    Dec. 5, 1992    		   Robert Wells
    Dec. 23, 1992
    Forrest Bolton
    Dec. 28, 1992
    If you have a name of someone who died on the job in 1992, please forward it to WisCOSH so that we may include it in our memorial. Please include the date, cause of death and city/town, if you know it.
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  3. 1993

    On April 28, the unions of the AFL-CIO observe Workers Memorial Day to remember those who have suffered and died on the job, and to renew the fight for safe workplaces.

    During 1993, seventy-nine on-the-job deaths were reportrd by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Worker's Compensation Division of the State of Wisconsin. These were not the only worker deaths in Wisconsin!

    If you have lost a loved one to occupational illness or a death in the workplace and are looking for some help figuring out what to do and who to contact the United Support and Memorial for Workplace Fatalities may be of help. This web site is run by a woman, and her family, who lost her brother to a workplace fatality. They provide support, awareness, tributes, memorials, article, self-help, workers comp. laws, wrongful death attorneys and safety resources. And most of all they care! They listen!

    The following workers' names were read at WisCOSH co-sponsored vigils on Workers Memorial Day, 1994 :
    Name of Worker
    Date of Death    		   Name of Worker
    Date of Death    		   Name of Worker
    Date of Death    		   Name of Worker
    Date of Death
    January
    Glen DeRuyter
    Jan. 8, 1993    		   Martin Perez-Garcia
    Jan. 14, 1993    		   Willis Hughson
    Jan. 24, 1993    		   Marilyn Worsick
    Jan. 27, 1993
    February
    Robert Levknecht
    Feb. 2, 1993    		   Daniel J. Sheehan
    Feb. 3, 1993    		   John M. Newsome
    Feb. 6, 1993    		   Scott A. Junemann
    Feb. 9, 1993
    Wayne H. Koch
    Feb. 12, 1993    		 Michael B. Ralston
    Feb. 14, 1993    		 Peter Stark
    Feb. 22, 1993    		 Andy J. Wierzba
    Feb. 22, 1993
    March
    Ronald G. Polster
    March 2, 1993    		   James M. Joski
    March 3, 1993    		   Terry F. Beebe
    March 10, 1993     		  Matthew Reither
    March 15, 1993
    Thomas Nelson
    March 16, 1993    		 Tyrone L. Lawson
    March 16, 1993    		 Robert Axness
    March 17, 1993    		 Jeffrey Jos. Gusinda
    March 30, 1993
    April
    Rick A. Blundon
    April 3, 1993    		   Craig Abing
    April 5, 1993    		   Joel B. Nack
    April 9, 1993    		   Glen G. Toman
    April 11, 1993
    James L. Bisegger
    April 12, 1993    		 Paul F. Haese
    April 16, 1993    		 Clifford M. LeRoux
    April 20, 1993    		 Melvin Storck
    April 24, 1993
    Gail Magnausson
    April 26, 1993    		 Gerald Ebert
    April 30, 1993
    May
    Dean J. Herlache
    May 3, 1993    		   David S. Galarza
    May 6, 1993    		   William E. Squires
    May 6, 1993    		   Michael Breitrick
    May 6, 1993
    Marlene Olson
    May 11, 1993    		 Vernon H. Langholff
    May 11, 1993    		 Carl A. Nicollaus
    May 14, 1993    		 Joseph Gaspar, Jr.
    May 17, 1993
    June
    Loren Koskubar
    June 1, 1993    		   Jeffrey Segebarth
    June 1, 1993    		   Gregory M. Laison
    June 10, 1993    		   Bruce D. Thompson
    June 14, 1993
    Anthony Naber
    June 23, 1993    		 Arden R, Kempf
    June 30, 1993
    July
    Kenneth Wartgow
    July 7, 1993    		   Heather Mestad
    July 22, 1993    		   Wayne D. Schroeder
    July 23, 1993    		   Peggy Lybert
    July 28, 1993
    August
    Robert Scolman
    Aug. 8, 1993    		   Gary Prueser
    Aug. 14, 1993    		   Merle Copus
    Aug. 18, 1993    		   Phillip Schneck
    Aug. 19, 1993
    Daniel E. Perry
    Aug. 23, 1993    		 Joseph M. Merz
    Aug. 26, 1993
    September
    Judith M. Wilhelm
    Sept. 6, 1993    		   Ernest K. Nuenthel
    Sept. 7, 1993    		   Anna Kurth
    Sept. 8, 1993    		   Robert D. Laak
    Sept. 12, 1993
    Steven Bradley
    Sept. 18, 1993    		 Robert P. Hyland
    Sept. 28, 1993
    October
    Joe Pickhardt
    Oct. 1, 1993    		   Ralph Voss
    Oct. 2, 1993    		   Delwin G. Mickelson
    Oct. 7, 1993    		   Reed Ross
    Oct. 7, 1993
    James E. Hinkle
    Oct. 8, 1993
    November
    James Halweg
    Nov. 3, 1993    		   Kenneth Vance
    Nov. 6, 1993    		   Art Schiller
    Nov. 9, 1993    		   Lovie E. Roessler
    Nov. 12, 1993
    Maynard M. Kral
    Nov. 16, 1993    		 Brian Wasielewski
    Nov. 16, 1993    		 Richard Martin
    Nov. 20, 1993
    December
    Charles E. Boling
    Dec. 4, 1993    		   Robert Perschke
    Dec. 9, 1993    		   George E. MacKenzie
    Dec. 15, 1993    		   Mark A. Handeland
    Dec. 15, 1993
    Gerald Dingeldein
    Dec. 22, 1993    		 Alan Martin
    Dec. 30, 1993
    If you have a name of someone who died on the job in 1993, please forward it to WisCOSH so that we may include it in our memorial. Please include the date, cause of death and city/town, if you know it.
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  4. 1994

    WisCOSH has identified the following on-the-job deaths in Wisconsin during 1994. Many deaths go unreported, particularly those due to occupational illnesses. The following workers were identified with the help of various sources, including the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Worker's Compensation Division of the State of Wisconsin.

    If you have lost a loved one to occupational illness or a death in the workplace and are looking for some help figuring out what to do and who to contact the United Support and Memorial for Workplace Fatalities may be of help. This web site is run by a woman, and her family, who lost her brother to a workplace fatality. They provide support, awareness, tributes, memorials, article, self-help, workers comp. laws, wrongful death attorneys and safety resources. And most of all they care! They listen!

    The following workers' names were read at WisCOSH co-sponsored vigils on Workers Memorial Day, 1995 :
    Name of Worker
    Date of Death    		 Name of Worker
    Date of Death    		 Name of Worker
    Date of Death
    January 1994
    Marvin Schmitz
    Jan. 3    		 Victor Delellis
    Jan. 18    		 Robert Parish
    Jan. 22
    Joseph Schmidtner
    Jan. 24    		 Kenneth Schleicher
    Jan. 28    		 James Tucker
    Jan. 31
    February 1994
    Robert Shaffer
    Feb. 15    		 Larry Kast
    Feb. 23    		 Donald Mackey
    Feb. 24
    Robert Ulik
    Feb. 25    		  
    March 1994
    Kyle Angela Young
    March 7    		 Greg Gourdoux
    March 9    		 Earl Machkovich
    March 10
    Michael Ferguson
    March 18    		 John Wessels
    March 18    		 Robert Brokiewicz
    March 25
    April 1994
    James Gall
    April 2    		 Robert Waskiewicz
    April 3    		 John Fergason
    April 13
    Roger Nasseth
    April 14    		 Donald LaFleur
    April 21    		 Richard Murto
    April 26
    James Lutz
    April 28    		 Daniel Mueller
    April 28    		 Anthony Zawalich
    April 28
    May 1994
    James Kern
    May 10    		 Terrance Liegel
    May 17    		 Warren Wester
    May 18
    Jeffery Sheets
    May 21    		 James Seymore
    May 26    		 Paul Anton
    May 31
    June 1994
    Robert Delhafen
    June 1    		 John Flynn III
    June 1    		 Bradley Vaness
    June 1
    Garry Grace
    June 16    		 John Dewey
    June 18    		 James Prater
    June 18
    Eric Farmer
    June 22    		 Jeanette Paulsen
    June 28    		  
    July 1994
    Patricia Roller
    July 1    		 Vincent Gleason
    July8    		 Andrew Siehr
    July14
    Clayton Brechtl
    July 16    		 Charles Howard
    July 22    		 Dale Anderson
    July 28
    August 1994
    William Moore
    Aug. 2    		 Marc Hadland
    Aug. 3    		 Kendall Krueger
    Aug. 4
    Kevin Kjesow
    Aug. 5    		 Larry Laing
    Aug. 5    		 Alfred Carriere
    Aug. 7
    James Butler
    Aug. 13    		 Charles Maier
    Aug. 16    		 Thomas Beahm
    Aug. 17
    Gilbert Lincoln
    Aug. 23    		 Robert Rustad
    Aug. 25    		  
    September 1994
    William Robertson
    Sept. 7    		 Dennis Kramer
    Sept. 9    		 Douglas Barth
    Sept. 14
    Jeffrey Lebakken
    Sept. 14    		 Lee Moore
    Sept. 18    		 Barbara Fassbinder
    Sept. 19
    Randal Cutsforth
    Sept. 20    		 Marvin Huff
    Sept. 20    		 Jason Borneman
    Sept. 26
    Thomas Stromquist
    Sept. 27    		  
    October 1994
    Thomas Raith
    Oct. 7    		 Steven Thompson
    Oct. 11    		 Rouse Dwight
    Oct. 18
    Erinie Foley
    Oct. 23    		 Ronald Hedbany
    Oct. 28    		  
    November 1994
    Richard Jensen
    Nov. 7    		 Benjamin Potter
    Nov. 16    		 Frank Kistler
    Nov. 29
    December 1994
    Robert Pierce
    Dec. 2    		 Jesse Carter
    Dec. 3    		 Louis Staton
    Dec. 5
    Dennis Menting
    Dec. 6    		 Randy Matezevich
    Dec.7    		 James Gutsche
    Dec. 8
    Jerome Mueller
    Dec. 10    		 Daniel Reid
    Dec. 15    		 Lionel Hoffer
    Dec. 24
    If you have a name of someone who died on the job in 1994, please forward it to WisCOSH so that we may include it in our memorial. Please include the date, city/town, and cause if you know it.
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  5. 1995

    WisCOSH has identified the following on-the-job deaths in Wisconsin during 1995. Many deaths go unreported, particularly those due to occupational illnesses. The following workers were identified with the help of various sources, including the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Worker's Compensation Division of the State of Wisconsin.

    If you have lost a loved one to occupational illness or a death in the workplace and are looking for some help figuring out what to do and who to contact the United Support and Memorial for Workplace Fatalities may be of help. This web site is run by a woman, and her family, who lost her brother to a workplace fatality. They provide support, awareness, tributes, memorials, article, self-help, workers comp. laws, wrongful death attorneys and safety resources. And most of all they care! They listen!

    The following workers' names were read at WisCOSH co-sponsored vigils held in Milwaukee and Madison on Workers Memorial Day, 1996
    Name of Worker
    Date of Death    		 Name of Worker
    Date of Death    		 Name of Worker
    Date of Death
    January 1995
    Harold Maass, Sr.
    Jan. 5    		 William Seipel
    Jan. 6    		 Lori Casey
    Jan. 6
    Preston Holloway
    Jan. 20    		 Eldred Suprise
    Jan. 22    		 Thomas Galacia
    Jan. 26
    Orlyn Jensen
    Jan. 29    		  
    February 1995
    Alicia Walters
    Feb. 2    		 John Schullo
    Feb. 6    		 Frank Dzioba
    Feb. 10
    Steven Baker
    Feb. 12    		 Kenneth Olson
    Feb. 22    		 Jan Niecko
    Feb. 23
    March 1995
    Wayne Cornelius
    March 1    		 Gregory Schultz
    March 7    		 Leroy Calkins
    March 11
    Roger Froelich
    March 14    		 Eddie Fletcher
    March 16    		 Tony Zimmermann
    March 18
    David Chatfield
    March 20    		 Raymond Young
    March 21    		 Bronislav Veysman
    March 29
    April 1995
    David Hemling
    April 4    		 Arthur Gunderson
    April 6    		 Otha Williams
    April 11
    Hermann Peters
    April 13    		 Eddie Sims
    April 18    		 Edmund Simms
    April 18
    Huey Tobias
    April 23    		 Larry Luna
    April 24    		  
    May 1995
    Wilber Lee
    May 7    		 Debra Baldauf
    May 12    		 Valayphone Chareun
    May 17
    James Hale
    May 18    		  
    June 1995
    Gary Kramer
    June 6    		 Keih Nelson
    June 12    		 Eldon Boelter
    June12
    Steven Christen
    June 15    		 Adam Wise
    June 15    		  
    July 1995
    Salvador Leon Martinez
    July10    		 Dale Rodle
    July 17    		 Walter Jordan
    July 17
    Ericha von Hoken
    July26    		 Michael Lavone
    July 26    		 Doug Paul
    July 31
    August 1995
    Donald Posanski
    Aug. 3    		 Keith Ahrens
    Aug. 3    		 Scott Ebson
    Aug. 4
    Arlene Crouch
    Aug. 6    		 Marcia Garcia
    Aug. 8    		 William McKeever
    Aug. 9
    James Sims
    Aug. 11    		 Bruce Cormican
    Aug. 22    		 Andrew Jacobson
    Aug. 24
    September 1995
    Bradley Marvin
    Sept. 4    		 Michael Card
    Sept. 12    		 Louis Hamilton, Jr.
    Sept. 14
    Linda Fuda
    Sept. 26    		 Chad Farberg
    Sept. 30    		  
    October 1995
    Timothy Ihm
    Oct. 11    		 Gerold Greene
    Oct. 19    		 Rex Hoy
    Oct. 20
    Phillip Kinney
    Oct. 21    		 George Spurling
    Oct. 24    		 Mark Stene
    Oct. 29
    November 1995
    John Worthington
    Nov. 6    		 Bonnie Parlman
    Nov. 9    		 Robert Lex
    Nov. 17
    James Schill
    Nov. 18    		 Rajinder Singh
    Nov. 26    		  
    December 1995
    Ronald Foy
    Dec. 3    		 Micheal Baribeau
    Dec. 19    		 Kenneth Purdy
    Dec. 29
    If you have a name of someone who died on the job in 1995, please forward it to WisCOSH so that we may include it in our memorial. Please include the date, city/town and cause if you know it.
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  6. 1996

    WisCOSH has identified the following on-the-job deaths in Wisconsin during 1996. Many deaths go unreported, particularly those due to occupational illnesses. The following workers were identified with the help of various sources, including the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Worker's Compensation Division of the State of Wisconsin.

    If you have lost a loved one to occupational illness or a death in the workplace and are looking for some help figuring out what to do and who to contact the United Support and Memorial for Workplace Fatalities may be of help. This web site is run by a woman, and her family, who lost her brother to a workplace fatality. They provide support, awareness, tributes, memorials, article, self-help, workers comp. laws, wrongful death attorneys and safety resources. And most of all they care! They listen!

    The following workers' names were read at WisCOSH co-sponsored vigils held in Milwaukee and Madison on Workers Memorial Day, 1997
    Name of Worker
    Date of Death    		 Name of Worker
    Date of Death    		 Name of Worker
    Date of Death
    Francis Albino
    1/5/96    		 Ryon J McKellips
    5/3/96    		 Shannon Nelson
    8/16/96
    Linda J Loewenhagen
    1/11/96    		 Albert M Mast
    5/7/96    		 Harold Sprague
    8/21/96
    John E. Meyer
    1/12/96    		 Jeff Clapper
    5/8/96    		 Martin Kowalski
    8/23/96
    William Zokan
    1/13/96    		 Roger Fleishauer
    5/11/96    		 Walter Presley
    8/23/96
    Raphael Diederic
    1/15/96    		 Lynn A Mathews
    5/11/96    		 Allen Frechette
    8/26/96
    Anthony Fera
    1/15/96    		 Jason M Schultz
    5/17/96    		 Rick Fox
    9/5/96
    Egbert W Volkert
    1/17/96    		 Lisa Machodka
    5/29/96    		 Steven Jelinek
    9/10/96
    James A Black
    1/25/96    		 David Krigsvold
    6/6/96    		 Richard Parquette
    9/10/96
    Paul R Cahoon
    1/31/96    		 Paul A Brehm
    6/11/96    		 Robin Johnson
    9/24/96
    Clarence W Pettis
    2/19/96    		 Ralph C Jungbluth
    6/11/96    		 Marco A Alejandre
    9/27/96
    Franco Jackson
    2/22/96    		 Nick Kleinschmidt
    6/19/96    		 John Ray Adams
    10/1/96
    Clement V Bauman
    2/25/96    		 Lynn Marie Wyss
    6/19/96    		 David E Johns
    10/8/96
    Mike Reuchel
    3/19/96    		 Earl Panske
    7/1/96    		 Arthur Ammerman
    10/26/96
    Jeanette Nickelatti
    3/26/96    		 Jeff Burmesch
    7/5/96    		 Russ Putz
    11/6/96
    Colleen Krzyzanowski
    4/17/96    		 Donald Michael
    7/5/96    		 Adam D Zeller
    11/12/96
    Leon E Stanek
    4/17/96    		 Eugene T Sheaham
    7/12/96    		 Everett Singleton
    11/14/96
    Michael Robin
    4/22/96    		 Robert Schaefer
    7/25/96    		 Robert Borisch
    11/18/96
    Cletus J LeGrave
    4/23/96    		 Lee Anthony Liske
    8/3/96    		 Mike McAdams
    11/24/96
    John M Schiesser
    4/24/96    		 David Galaszewski
    8/6/96    		 Neal Doell
    12/12/96
    Andrew Schoberle
    4/29/96    		 Greg Sorkness
    8/6/96    		 Jake Lisowe
    12/12/96
    George VandenBrook
    4/30/96    		 Paul N Schefchick
    8/8/96    		 Richard A Anderson
    12/19/96
    If you have a name of someone who died on the job in 1996, please forward it to WisCOSH so that we may include it in our memorial. Please include the date, city/town and cause if you know it.
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  7. 1997

    Although 108 workplace fatalities were recorded, only 44 names are available. That leaves 64 unnamed on-the-job deaths! The county with the highest death rate was Milwaukee with 14 deaths.

    If you have lost a loved one to occupational illness or a death in the workplace and are looking for some help figuring out what to do and who to contact the United Support and Memorial for Workplace Fatalities may be of help. This web site is run by a woman, and her family, who lost her brother to a workplace fatality. They provide support, awareness, tributes, memorials, article, self-help, workers comp. laws, wrongful death attorneys and safety resources. And most of all they care! They listen!

    The following workers' names were read at WisCOSH co-sponsored vigils held in Milwaukee and Madison on Workers Memorial Day, 1998
    Name of Worker
    Date of Death    		 Name of Worker
    Date of Death    		 Name of Worker
    Date of Death
     
    Leroy Kohnlein
    1/8/97    		 David Pauline
    6/10/97    		 Michael Polhemus
    1/10/97
     
    Roger Martinson
    6/15/97    		 Donald Riviere
    1/21/97    		 Eric Vinnerstrom
    6/15/97
     
    William Bing
    1/22/97    		 Jerry Osheim
    6/15/97    		 David Demos
    1/25/97
     
    Steven Miller
    6/30/97    		 Robert Martinson
    1/26/97    		 Craig Huck
    7/1/97
     
    Michael Geyer
    2/20/97    		 Marshall Sigh, Jr.
    7/7/97    		 Gordon McGlynn
    3/6/97
     
    Todd Tomczyk
    7/7/97    		 Mitchell Kerschner
    3/10/97    		 Scott Suiter
    8/14/97
     
    Robert Knapp
    3/11/97    		 Mark Blimbergs
    9/2/97    		 Albert Gady
    3/11/97
     
    Kurtis Cina
    9/2/97    		 Warren Bassler
    3/15/97    		 Clarence Zimbrick
    9/3/97
     
    Neil Hyerstay
    3/15/97    		 Linda Root
    9/9/97    		 David Schacherl
    3/15/97
     
    Paul Radtke
    9/15/97    		 Stephen Yantz
    3/15/97    		 Anna Degelau
    9/26/97
     
    Mark Highlander
    4/5/97    		 Troy Marcks
    10/14/97    		 Scott Vandervaart
    4/5/97
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    Garry Kahl
    11/7/97    		 Wayne Labelle
    5/7/97    		 Richard Remington
    11/20/97
     
    Dean Pusa
    5/9/97    		 Michael Martyn
    11/21/97    		 James Fischbach
    5/11/97
     
    Gregory Quinn
    11/22/97    		 Don Spencer
    5/18/97    		 Anthony Hunkle
    12/9/97
     
    Randy Smith
    5/24/97    		 Timothy Kingers
    12/29/97
    If you have a name of someone who died on the job in 1997, please forward it to WisCOSH so that we may include it in our memorial. Please include the date, city/town and cause if you know it.
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  8. 1998

    A total of 46 names was compiled from Workers Compensation and OSHA lists. The Wisconsin Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program reported 94 work-related fatalities. Therefore, at least 48 names are missing!

    If you have lost a loved one to occupational illness or a death in the workplace and are looking for some help figuring out what to do and who to contact the United Support and Memorial for Workplace Fatalities may be of help. This web site is run by a woman, and her family, who lost her brother to a workplace fatality. They provide support, awareness, tributes, memorials, article, self-help, workers comp. laws, wrongful death attorneys and safety resources. And most of all they care! They listen!

    The following workers' names were read at WisCOSH co-sponsored vigils held in Milwaukee and Madison on Workers Memorial Day, 1999
    Name of Worker
    Date of Death    		 Name of Worker
    Date of Death    		 Name of Worker
    Date of Death
     
    Lance Bowman
    3/14/98    		 Raymond Patterson
    8/25/98    		 Jere Brown
    10/14/98
     
    Randy Peer
    8/31/98    		 John A. Bruce
    Unknown    		 David Pickett
    4/24/98
     
    Earl Camell
    6/15/98    		 John H. Price
    4/17/98    		 Willie Carroll
    5/27/98
     
    Mark E. Raap
    Unknown    		 Keb Allen Clark
    8/20/98    		 Jason Raisanen
    9/11/98
     
    Roderick Floyd
    8/29/98    		 Clifford Roberts
    6/16/98    		 Alan Genac
    2/27/98
     
    Charles Sanders
    2/23/98    		 Fred Grulke
    5/21/98    		 Mark Schaumloeffel
    10/9/98
     
    David Immel, Sr.
    6/30/98    		 Carl Schmidt
    4/1/98    		 Albert Jeske
    6/1/98
     
    Jim Selje
    6/1/98    		 Richard Kalous
    2/10/98    		 Harvey Smith
    9/14/98
     
    Lester Kieler
    5/6/98    		 Michael Snider
    6/12/98    		 Brad King
    5/19/98
     
    James Stangler
    7/25/98    		 Joey Kraft
    7/7/98    		 Steven Steams
    5/27/98
     
    Paul Krist
    9/21/98    		 Thomas Swaab
    2/6/98    		 Walter Laczkowski
    9/30/98
     
    Gregory Schwartzendruber
    8/31/98    		 Bernice Lange
    11/19/98    		 Todd Taucher
    2/2/98
     
    Nathaniel Maddox
    4/3/98    		 Michael Villiard
    7/9/98    		 George McBribe
    4/28/98
     
    Jonathon Warnjes
    8/6/98    		 Pete Messerlie
    5/14/98    		 Richard Weinke
    4/5/98
     
    Lawrence Meyer
    2/19/98    		 James Wilson
    10/13/98    		 Geoffrey Miller
    2/25/98
     
    Donald Zache
    11/2/98    		 ´
    If you have a name of someone who died on the job in 1998, please forward it to WisCOSH so that we may include it in our memorial. Please include the date, city/town and cause if you know it.
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  9. 1999

    If you have lost a loved one to occupational illness or a death in the workplace and are looking for some help figuring out what to do and who to contact the United Support and Memorial for Workplace Fatalities may be of help. This web site is run by a woman, and her family, who lost her brother to a workplace fatality. They provide support, awareness, tributes, memorials, article, self-help, workers comp. laws, wrongful death attorneys and safety resources. And most of all they care! They listen!

    The following workers' names were read at WisCOSH co-sponsored vigils held in Milwaukee and Madison on Workers Memorial Day, 1999
    Name of Worker
    Date of Death    		 Name of Worker
    Date of Death    		 Name of Worker
    Date of Death
     
    David Baseman
    3/8/99    		 Reynold Blakely
    5/10/99    		 David Bolser
    7/12/99
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    If you have a name of someone who died on the job in 1999, please forward it to WisCOSH so that we may include it in our memorial. Please include the date, city/town and cause if you know it.
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  10. 2000

    On April 28, the unions of the AFL-CIO observe Workers Memorial Day to remember those who have suffered and died on the job, and to renew the fight for safe workplaces.

    Thirty years ago the U.S. Congress passed the Occupational Safety and Health Act, promising every worker the right to a safe job. Unions and our allies have fought hard to make that promise a reality, winning protections that have saved hundreds of thousands of lives and prevented millions of workplace injuries.

    But now these hard-won gains are under attack by industry groups who overturned the OSHA Ergonomics Standard and who now want to further weaken OSHA and make complience with the law voluntary. On this Workers Memorial Day, we call upon Americans to oppose any effort to roll back workplace protections, and to defend the promise of safe jobs for all workers.

    Last year, 114 workers died on the job in Wisconsin. Yet we were only able to obtain 56 names from the lists provided by OSHA and the Wisconsin Workers Compensation office. Because of a law passed in 1993, the government will not release the names of those who died unless a death benifit is paid.

    If you, or someone you know, have lost a loved one to occupational illness or a death in the workplace and are looking for some help figuring out what to do and who to contact the United Support and Memorial for Workplace Fatalities may be of help. This web site and the caring people who run it can provide support, awareness, tributes, memorials, article, self-help, workers comp. laws, wrongful death attorneys and safety resources. And most of all they care! They listen!

    The following workers' names were read at WisCOSH co-sponsored vigils held in Milwaukee and Madison on Workers Memorial Day,
    Name of Worker
    Date of Death    		   Name of Worker
    Date of Death    		   Name of Worker
    Date of Death
    Bernadette Boulanger
    1/6    		   Ralph Liddell
    1/14    		   Donald Koltermann
    1/17
    Robert Harmeling
    1/19    		 Michael Kupsky
    1/19    		 John Vana
    2/7
    Randy Steiskal
    2/8    		 Donald Betts
    2/22    		 Richard Thomas Huff
    3/1
    Charles Krause
    3/15    		 Edmund Golimowski
    3/19    		 Jerry Eichmann
    3/23
    Robert Laber
    4/3    		 Norma Bahl
    4/7    		 Gregory Brown
    4/7
    Anthony Azarian
    4/15    		 Daniel Sandmire
    5/1    		 Peter Krajewski
    5/2
    Harold Fleisner, Jr.
    5/5    		 Anthony Martin Hernandez
    5/18    		 Brian Ruegg
    5/24
    Robert Huebner
    5/25    		 Edward Hoffmann
    5/26    		 Monte Whitt
    5/31
    Christopher Gallagher
    6/15    		 Andre St. Laurent
    6/30    		 William Carlson
    7/8
    Dean Teigen
    7/17    		 Steven Wal
    7/31    		 Dean Nortman
    8/2
    James Zillmer
    8/2    		 Eugene Good
    8/4    		 Tracy Roth
    8/9
    Kenneth Jacomet
    8/14    		 Sung Bang
    8/17    		 Ralph Zylka
    8/17
    Robert Kerr
    8/19    		 Brian Steele
    8/23    		 Debra Jenson
    8/24
    Jennifer Marks
    8/24    		 Ronald Ostricki
    9/4    		 Jerome Sell
    9/6
    Fredric Strege
    9/8    		 John Balko
    9/13    		 Istvan Poszonyi
    9/15
    Adam Phillips
    9/27    		 John Devries
    10/16    		 John Linders
    10/17
    Michael Graves
    11/9    		 Joseph Kohl
    11/13    		 Perry Grimm
    11/20
    Roger Bernabo
    12/2    		 Glenn Knuth
    12/17    		 Nancy Lou Stiebs
    12/29
    If you have a name of someone who died on the job in 2000, please forward it to WisCOSH so that we may include it in our memorial. Please include the date, cause of death and city/town, if you know it.
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  11. 2001

    On April 28, the unions of the AFL-CIO observe Workers Memorial Day to remember those who have suffered and died on the job, and to rededicate ourselves to the fight for safe workplaces.

    This Workers Memorial Day has special significance. The Sept 11 attacks claimed the lives of more than 3000 people, more than 600 of them union members. Most of those who died were workers - those who were on their jobs when the attacks occured, and the heroic firefighters and rescuers who worked to save their lives. Several weeks later, workers again were victims as deadly anthrax was sent through the mail, infecting postal workers and others.

    These terrorist attacks have raised new health and safety issues, but long-recognized hazards are just as deadly. Each year, more than 6000 people are killed on the job, 50,000 die from occupational disease, and millions more are injuried. Just days after 9/11, the worst mine disaster in a decade killed 13 miners. Ergonomics hazards injure and cripple 1.8 million workers each year, and remain the nation's biggest safety problem.

    We honor those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, and all the workers who died on the job in 2001, including 107 in Wisconsin. Only 58 names are available from the Wisconsin Worker's Compensation office.

    If you, or someone you know, have lost a loved one to occupational illness or a death in the workplace and are looking for some help figuring out what to do and who to contact the United Support and Memorial for Workplace Fatalities may be of help. This web site and the caring people who run it can provide support, awareness, tributes, memorials, article, self-help, workers comp. laws, wrongful death attorneys and safety resources. And most of all they care! They listen!

    The following workers' names were read at WisCOSH co-sponsored vigils held in Milwaukee and Madison on Workers Memorial Day,
    Name of Worker
    Date of Death    		   Name of Worker
    Date of Death    		   Name of Worker
    Date of Death
    Larry D. Annis
    Aug. 23    		   Barry Beloff
    Sept. 4    		   James Benson
    April 29
    Anthony Bergmann
    March 4    		 Tyler Lee Bertel
    Jan. 28    		 Brett J. Brockman
    April 2
    James E. Brod
    March 11    		 Gary Brunker
    Dec. 19    		 John M. Buchanan
    Oct. 30
    Joshua J. Calaway
    April 2    		 Dean Chenoweth
    May 27    		 Michael Cicona
    Dec. 14
    Joseph L. Doherty
    July 17    		 Todd H. Duellman
    March 13    		 John L. Eddy
    July 31
    Mark Eide
    Aug. 20    		 Tim A. Haese
    Oct. 17    		 Timothy A. Heath
    Dec. 23
    Norman E. Jenkins
    March 20    		 Dana Johnson
    Feb. 26    		 Glenn Kopelke
    Sept. 24
    Kenneth Kratchtt
    Sept. 24    		 Javier Lara
    May 11    		 David Larson
    June 21
    Aug. 29 John H. Lepple
    April 19    		 Jeffery W. Lynch
    March 30
    Timothy J. Malec
    Feb. 21    		 Inez Manjarrez
    Aug. 24    		 Ralph Marion
    June 28
    Kenneth Meixner
    April 18    		 Brandon L. Miller
    July 17    		 Joseph J. Muelbl
    Nov. 2
    Melvin Neibauer
    Oct. 31    		 Rollin Novak
    Sept. 16    		 Richard E. O'Connor
    July 25
    Dale E. Puestow
    Oct. 20    		 Alan Quinn
    Jan. 28    		 James Ripple
    Oct. 25
    Jeff R. Rodgers
    June 4    		 Leroy J. Romdenne
    April 28    		 Daniel Rowin
    Jan. 24
    Larry J. Ruch
    Aug. 15    		 Allen Schmidtknecht
    April 22    		 Matthew Schramka
    July 26
    Richard Schulist
    Nov. 30    		 Randy D. Spaeth
    Feb 21    		 Chris A. Stanczyk
    July 5
    Ernest F. Stevens
    April 2    		 James F. Swanson
    April 17    		 Norbert B. Uhlig
    May 27
    Robrt H. Villa
    April 2    		 Robert Wagner
    Jan. 12    		 George Wilhite
    Oct. 23
    Xao Yang
    Aug. 21    		 Vincent Bobet
    March 7
    If you have a name of someone who died on the job in 2001, please forward it to WisCOSH so that we may include it in our memorial. Please include the date, cause of death and city/town, if you know it.
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  12. 2002

    On April 28, the unions of the AFL-CIO observe Workers Memorial Day to remember those who have suffered and died on the job. As we remember workers who have died in workplace accidents, suffered diseases due to exposure to toxic substances, or been injured because of dangerous conditions, we rededicate ourselves to the fight for safe workplaces. Each year, nearly 6,000 workers are killed at work, 50,000 die from occupational diseases, and millions more are injured.

    According to the Wisconsin Worker's Compensation office, 54 workers died last year from workplace accidents and occupational illnesses. Six suffered a job-related lung disease, including four who died from asbestos exposure. This list is not a incomplete, since not all deaths result in the payment of death benifits.

    On April 28, we honor these fallen workers. And we will keep on fighting until the promise of safe jobs is a reality.

    If you, or someone you know, have lost a loved one to occupational illness or a death in the workplace and are looking for some help figuring out what to do and who to contact the United Support and Memorial for Workplace Fatalities may be of help. This web site and the caring people who run it can provide support, awareness, tributes, memorials, article, self-help, workers comp. laws, wrongful death attorneys and safety resources. And most of all they care! They listen!

    The following workers' names were read at WisCOSH co-sponsored vigils held in Milwaukee and Madison on Workers Memorial Day,
    Name of Worker
    Date of Death    		   Name of Worker
    Date of Death    		   Name of Worker
    Date of Death
    James Balack
    April 2    		   Ellen Bauer
    May 9    		   John Beckmann
    July 9
    Carol Benisch
    March 26    		 Wesley Black
    Dec. 30    		 Joe Bohannon
    Oct. 1
    Nadine Boltz
    Oct. 11    		 Robert Bouche
    Nov. 19    		 Cory Brown
    July 29
    Gary Campbell
    July 8    		 Richard Clement
    Feb. 27    		 Scott Cook
    Jan. 26
    Richard Doll
    Oct. 11    		 Robert Donner
    April 7    		 James Ellison
    Feb. 5
    Robert Etter
    July 22    		 Keith Freiberg
    July 12    		 Perry Hauke
    Sept. 11
    Robert Hessel
    July 3    		 Richard Hillman
    July 20    		 Richard Hinze
    April 12
    William Iwanski
    November 16    		 Emory Knitt
    November 7    		 Paul Komis
    June 14
    Jim Krieg
    November 2    		 Robert Krueger
    October 28    		 Jon Lucas
    March 8
    Stephanie Markins
    July 22    		 Everette McDaniel
    September 7    		 Michael McNally
    March 26
    Harry Miller
    January 16    		 Dawn Monreal-Koch
    September 30    		 Roberto Montano
    June 5
    Luis Montoya-Silva
    June 5    		 Michael Novak
    January 9    		 Gregory Nudelbacher
    July 26
    Daniel O'Connell
    February 5    		 Gary Ostrander
    June 25    		 Stanley Palmer
    May 21
    Randall Pederson
    November 13    		 Paul Pelczynski
    July 17    		 Robert Pellerino
    August 24
    Chad Peters
    May 22    		 Daniel Posthume
    May 17    		 Edward Rice
    November 27
    Charles Roeske
    May 11    		 Ryan Schenian
    July 15    		 Timothy Schramm
    May 17
    Lyle Schroeder
    August 6    		 Donald Siewert
    February 11    		 Norbert Skenandore
    March 29
    Rafael Smith
    April 17    		 Gary Swanson
    July 20    		 Ken Wagner
    July 18
    If you have a name of someone who died on the job, or from occupational disease, in 2002, please forward it to WisCOSH so that we may include it in our memorial. Please include the date, cause of death and city/town, if you know it.
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  13. 2003

    On April 28, the unions of the AFL-CIO observe Workers Memorial Day to remember those who have suffered and died on the job, and to renew the fight for safe workplaces.

    Thirty years ago the U.S. Congress passed the Occupational Safety and Health Act, promising every worker the right to a safe job. Unions and our allies have fought hard to make that promise a reality, winning protections that have saved hundreds of thousands of lives and prevented millions of workplace injuries.

    But now these hard-won gains are under attack by industry groups who overturned the OSHA Ergonomics Standard and who now want to further weaken OSHA and make complience with the law voluntary. On this Workers Memorial Day, we call upon Americans to oppose any effort to roll back workplace protections, and to defend the promise of safe jobs for all workers.

    Last year, 114 workers died on the job in Wisconsin. Yet we were only able to obtain 56 names from the lists provided by OSHA and the Wisconsin Workers Compensation office. Because of a law passed in 1993, the government will not release the names of those who died unless a death benifit is paid.

    If you, or someone you know, have lost a loved one to occupational illness or a death in the workplace and are looking for some help figuring out what to do and who to contact the United Support and Memorial for Workplace Fatalities may be of help. This web site and the caring people who run it can provide support, awareness, tributes, memorials, article, self-help, workers comp. laws, wrongful death attorneys and safety resources. And most of all they care! They listen!

    The following workers' names were read at WisCOSH co-sponsored vigils held in Milwaukee and Madison on Workers Memorial Day,
    Name of Worker
    Date of Death    		   Name of Worker
    Date of Death    		   Name of Worker
    Date of Death
    Bernadette Boulanger
    1/6    		   Ralph Liddell
    1/14    		   Donald Koltermann
    1/17
    Robert Harmeling
    1/19    		 Michael Kupsky
    1/19    		 John Vana
    2/7
    Randy Steiskal
    2/8    		 Donald Betts
    2/22    		 Richard Thomas Huff
    3/1
    Charles Krause
    3/15    		 Edmund Golimowski
    3/19    		 Jerry Eichmann
    3/23
    Robert Laber
    4/3    		 Norma Bahl
    4/7    		 Gregory Brown
    4/7
    Anthony Azarian
    4/15    		 Daniel Sandmire
    5/1    		 Peter Krajewski
    5/2
    Harold Fleisner, Jr.
    5/5    		 Anthony Martin Hernandez
    5/18    		 Brian Ruegg
    5/24
    Robert Huebner
    5/25    		 Edward Hoffmann
    5/26    		 Monte Whitt
    5/31
    Christopher Gallagher
    6/15    		 Andre St. Laurent
    6/30    		 William Carlson
    7/8
    Dean Teigen
    7/17    		 Steven Wal
    7/31    		 Dean Nortman
    8/2
    James Zillmer
    8/2    		 Eugene Good
    8/4    		 Tracy Roth
    8/9
    Kenneth Jacomet
    8/14    		 Sung Bang
    8/17    		 Ralph Zylka
    8/17
    Robert Kerr
    8/19    		 Brian Steele
    8/23    		 Debra Jenson
    8/24
    Jennifer Marks
    8/24    		 Ronald Ostricki
    9/4    		 Jerome Sell
    9/6
    Fredric Strege
    9/8    		 John Balko
    9/13    		 Istvan Poszonyi
    9/15
    Adam Phillips
    9/27    		 John Devries
    10/16    		 John Linders
    10/17
    Michael Graves
    11/9    		 Joseph Kohl
    11/13    		 Perry Grimm
    11/20
    Roger Bernabo
    12/2    		 Glenn Knuth
    12/17    		 Nancy Lou Stiebs
    12/29
    If you have a name of someone who died on the job in 2003, please forward it to WisCOSH so that we may include it in our memorial. Please include the date, cause of death and city/town, if you know it.
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  14. 2004

    On April 28, the unions of the AFL-CIO observe Workers Memorial Day to remember those who have died on the job. As we remember those who have been killed in workplace incidents, died from diseases due to exposure to toxic substances or injured from working in dangerous conditions or without proper training, we rededicate ourselves to renew the fight for safe workplaces. Each year, nearly 6,000 workers are killed at work, 50,000 die from occupational diseases, and million more are injured.

    The Bush administration has turned it's back on workplace safety by blocking or overturning dozens of workplace protections on ergonomics, tuberculosis, indoor air quality and cancer-causing substances. We will fight for the right to form unions and speak out on job safety, and we will keep on fighting until all workers have the right to a safe and healthy workplace.

    According to the Wisconsin Workers Compensation office, 54 workers died in 2003 from workplace accidents and occupational illnesses. This list is incomplete due to the fact that not all deaths in the workplace are able to be reported due to a law that only allows the release of information where a death benifit is paid by Workers Compensation.

    As of April 22, 2005, the Iraq War has claimed the lives of 1569 US soldiers, including 1218 in combat. The 351 non-combat deaths include everything from vehicle and firearm accidents to drownings and suicides. According to the US Department of Defence, 11,888 have been wounded in action. But that number may actually be as high a 20,000 when you include those treated for injuries, illnesses, and psychological trauma. The Iraq War has the potential to claim many more US and Iraqi casualties, both military and civilian. Thirty-five Wisconsin soldiers have died in Iraq. Thier names, hometowns, and cause of death are listed below with the other Wisconsin workers.

    If you, or someone you know, have lost a loved one to occupational illness or a death in the workplace and are looking for some help figuring out what to do and who to contact the United Support and Memorial for Workplace Fatalities may be of help. This web site and the caring people who run it can provide support, awareness, tributes, memorials, article, self-help, workers comp. laws, wrongful death attorneys and safety resources. And most of all they care! They listen!

    The following workers' names were read at WisCOSH co-sponsored vigils held in Milwaukee and Madison on Workers Memorial Day, 2005
    Name of Worker
    Date of Death    		   Name of Worker
    Date of Death    		   Name of Worker
    Date of Death
    Willie Adams
    11/26    		   Oscar Alvarado
    6/7    		   John P. Balchunas
    11/5
    Richard H. Bartelt
    8/25    		 John Berge
    8/11    		 Joseph M. Berglund
    12/14
    Joyce Bilotti
    11/24    		 Leonard Braunschweig
    4/21    		 William Busch
    5/16
    Darrell J. Butcher Jr.
    4/13    		 Michael Caliva
    6/12    		 Henry C. Cresca
    8/23
    Steven Dietz
    8/18    		 Nick N. Diny
    3/22    		 John E. Draskovich
    10/6
    Joseph A. Gerhardt
    9/25    		 George R. Gilbert Jr.
    7/7    		 Russel D. Hansen
    8/9
    Raymond Hathaway
    9/16    		 Scott Heilert
    9/9    		 Naomi Indgjer
    12/2
    David J. Jansen
    8/28    		 Nicole C. Joslyn
    10/24    		 Brittany Kabrick
    7/26
    Clyde Kees
    4/4    		 Herbert Krause
    3/17    		 Mark Kreuser
    1/21
    Jeffrey L. Kunkel
    4/26    		 Vernon Landrath
    10/1    		 David Lauer
    6/21
    Paul V. Lochen
    4/2    		 Kyle Long
    7/3    		 Alan P. Lowrie
    10/24
    Ann M. Lydecker
    3/25    		 Thomas J. Martin
    9/17    		 Steven Mayer
    12/2
    Matt Murphy
    1/21    		 William C. Nelson
    11/1    		 Albert Parnes
    1/10
    Donald Rineck
    8/23    		 Stephen Rutherford
    2/17    		 Thomas R. Sauter
    12/4
    James Schultz
    8/7    		 Wilbert Seehafer
    1/6    		 Dwayne E. Shepro
    12/4
    Phillip G. Siehr
    2/3    		 Allen E. Sinkler
    11/1    		 Robert Smith
    4/25
    Brian Veenedall
    5/11    		 Richard S. Waniorek
    1/6    		 Lucas Ward
    10/10
    Roger D. Wehe
    3/17    		 David Lee Wendt
    2/4    		 Richard Zink
    2/5
    The following soldiers' names were read at WisCOSH co-sponsored vigils held in Milwaukee on Workers Memorial Day, 2005 and includes 2003
    Marine Reserves Lance Cpl. Daniel R. Wyatt
    10/12/04    		 Army Reserves PFC Nichole M. Frye
    2/16/04    		 Marine Reserves Lance Cpl. Shane K. O'Donnell
    11/8/04
    Army Reserves PFC Bert Edward Hoyer
    3/10/04    		 Marines PFC Andrew Halverson
    10/9/04    		 Army Major Christopher J. Splinter
    12/24/03
    Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Todd D. Olson
    12/27/04    		 Marine Cpl. Martin G. Soltau
    9/13/04    		 2nd Lieutenant Jeremy L. Wolfe
    11/15/03
    Marine Reserves PFC Brent T. Vroman
    12/13/04    		 Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Stephen G. Martin
    7/2/04    		 Army Specialist Eugene A. Uhl III
    11/15/03
    Marine Reserves Lance Cpl. Richard D. Warner
    12/13/04    		 Army Reserves Staff Sgt. Charles A. Kiser
    6/24/04    		 Army Sergeant Warren S. Hansen
    11/15/03
    Marine Reserves PFC Ryan J. Cantafio
    11/25/04    		 Army Specialist Michael A. McGlothin
    4/17/04    		 Army PFC Rachel K. Bosveld
    10/26/03
    Marine Sergeant Benjamin C. Edinger
    11/23/04    		 Army National Guard Specialist Michelle M. Witmer
    4/9/4    		 Army Specialist Paul J. Sturino
    9/22/03
    Army PFC Isaiah R. Hunt
    11/15/04    		 Marine PFC Ryan M. Jerabek
    4/6/04    		 Army Reserves Sgt. 1st Class Dan H. Gabrielson
    7/9/03
    Marine Reserves Corporal Brian P. Prening
    11/12/04    		 Marine Corporal Jesse L. Thiry
    4/5/04    		 Army Major Matthew E. Schram
    5/26/03
    Army Reserves Staff Sgt. Todd R. Cornell
    11/9/04    		 Army PFC Sean M. Schneider
    3/29/04    		 Marine Sergeant Kirk Allen Straseskie
    5/19/03
    Marine Reserves Corporal Robert P. Warns II
    11/8/04    		 Army Captain John F. "Hans" Kurth
    3/13/04
    If you have a name of someone who died on the job in 2004, please forward it to WisCOSH so that we may include it in our memorial. Please include the date, cause of death and city/town, if you know it.
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  15. 2005

    Every day in the United States, 15 workers die from occupational injuries. Before this year is over, thousands of workers will be killed on the job and millions will be injured or stricken with occupational illness. Most of these deaths will occur one at a time and go largely unnoticed except by family, friends and coworkers. Each of these deaths is an unnecessary tragedy.

    According to the Wisconsin Workers' Compenation Division, there were 85 workplace fatalities last year, but we have the names of only 52. Listed below are the names of Wisconsin workers, that WisCOSH was able to obtain, who lost their lives in 2005 to worklace injury or occupational disease. This report is dedicated to all of those who have lost their lives due to workplace injuries or disease.

    As of August 28, 2006, the Iraq War has claimed the lives of 2634 U.S. soldiers, including 2137 in combat. The 497 non-combat deaths include everything from vehichle and firearms accidents to drownings and suicides. According to the U.S. Department of Defense, 19,890 soldiers have been wounded in action. But that number may actuallt be as high as 48,000 when you include those treated for injuries, illnesses and psychological trauma.

    The war in Iraq has the potential to claim many more U.S. and Iraqi casualties, both military ans civilian. Fifty-nine Wisconsin troops have been killed in Iraq. At Workers Memorial Day 2005 WisCOSH began recognizing these men and women who are are mothers and fathers, brothers and sister, sons and daughters of ours who are doing a difficult job without many of the workplace rights and protections that cover workers in traditional workplaces. Twenty-seven have died since the start of 2005. Their names and branch of service are listed below as well.

    If you have lost a loved one to occupational illness or a death in the workplace and are looking for some help figuring out what to do, where to start, who to contact then the United Support and Memorial for Workplace Fatalities may be of help. This web site is run by a woman, and her family, who lost her brother to a workplace fatality. They provide support, awareness, tributes, memorials, article, self-help, workers comp. laws, wrongful death attorneys and safety resources. And most of all they care! They listen!

    The following workers' names were read at WisCOSH co-sponsored vigils held in Milwaukee and Madison on Workers Memorial Day, 2006
    Name of Worker
    Date of Death    		 Name of Worker
    Date of Death    		 Name of Worker
    Date of Death
     
    Brandon James Atherton
    10/16    		 Timothy R. Baker
    6/10    		 Corrine D. Bartels
    3/23
     
    Thomas G. Bolan
    10/24    		 Kevin D. Brown
    11/11    		 Ian Clipsham
    4/19
     
    Chad Dooley
    8/20    		 David Farra
    7/14    		 Angelica Flores
    7/16
     
    Duane Harzke
    12/15    		 Harley Hattamer
    9/21    		 Robert W. Hege
    7/26
     
    Charles J. Jakel
    12/08    		 Kevin H. Jatczak
    3/08    		 Gerald C. Jensen
    1/27
     
    Francis Jernigan
    9/14    		 Peter W. Johnson
    6/21    		 Todd Johnson
    9/8
     
    David Kekesi
    9/13    		 James Kingsbury
    10/22    		 David P. Koch
    5/25
     
    Kathryn Leow
    1/6    		 Rosie Liners
    9/1    		 Daniel Ludeman
    9/15
     
    Lawrence K. Lundberg
    10/6    		 Michael V. Mathwich
    8/16    		 Dennis Mitchell
    8/1
     
    Duane H. Nobs
    6/19    		 Dean Oberdas
    7/12    		 James Pietrzak
    7/12
     
    Harvey Ponozzo
    8/2    		 Marion Powell
    5/25    		 David A. Randall
    5/23
     
    Paul V. Rasmus
    10/16    		 Joshua Reif
    12/6    		 Paul Riddle
    2/4
     
    Jose R. Rincon
    9/11    		 Scott Roberts
    2/4    		 Vance Roberts
    2/4
     
    Brad Rogers
    7/18    		 Kevin Saeger
    3/10    		 Jason W. Schmoller
    10/26
     
    Billy Jo Smith
    10/14    		 Linda M. Smith
    10/25    		 Daniel L. Smolen
    8/9
     
    Roger A. Swanson
    4/1    		 Michael R. Tabbert
    12/28    		 Edward A. Topper
    7/22
     
    Theresa Ann Vallery
    10/17    		 Brian A. Voltz
    9/18    		 John A. Wachholz
    5/12
     
    Gregory A. Wormet
    7/25    		 Army Pfc. Sean Novak
    8/27    		 Marine Sgt. Andy A. Stevens
    12/1
     
    Army Spc. John O. Tollefson
    7/27    		 Army Spc. Ryan Jopek
    8/1    		 Army Pfc. Anthony Alex Gaunky
    11/18
     
    Army Spc. Charles A. Kaufman
    6/26    		 Army Spc. 4 Steve Castner
    7/24    		 Army Pfc. Benjamin A. Smith
    11/2
     
    Marine Lance Cpl. John J. Mattek, Jr.
    6/13    		 Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jaime S. Jaime S. Jaenke
    6/5    		 Army Sgt. 1st Class Matthew R. Kading
    11/1
     
    Army Spc. Eric Poelman
    6/5    		 Army Pfc. Grant Allen Dampier
    5/15    		 Army Spc Michael Wendling
    9/26
     
    Chief Warrant Officer Joshua Scott
    5/27    		 Army Pfc. Eric D. Clark
    5/11    		 Army Sgt. Andy Wallace
    9/26
     
    Army Sgt. Mark Maida
    5/26    		 Army Sgt. Nathan J. Vacho
    5/5    		 Army Sgt. 1st Class Trevor J. Diesling
    8/25
     
    Army Sgt. Andrew L. Bossert
    3/7    		 Marine Lance Cpl. Eric A. Palmisano
    4/2    		 Marine Staff Sgt. Chad J. Simon
    8/4
     
    Army Sgt. 1st Class Donald W. Eacho
    3/4    		 Marine Lance Cpl. Adam J. Van Alstine
    2/25    		 Army Capt. Benjamin D. Jansky
    7/27
     
    Marine Lance Cpl. Travis M. Wichlacz
    2/5    		  
    If you have a name of someone who died on the job in 2005, please forward it to WisCOSH so that we may include it in our memorial. Please include the date, city/town and cause if you know it.
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