USMWF knows and understands a picture is worth a thousand words.  We are grateful to the families of our fallen workers that have joined the cause and shared the picture and story of their loved one in our USMWF Face Campaign Tribute page.

The tributes are to honor and remember their loved one and to gain a connection between you,  our viewers and the importance of workplace safety, whether that connection be a similar job, work in the same industry, same age or even someone that reminds you of a loved one.  We want you to share our loved one’s stories to ultimately prevent similar incidents from occurring. 


We are the reality of the importance of workplace safety.  It happened to us…...it can happen to anyone.  We invite you to spread the awareness, the stories, the impact with others as together we can make a difference.

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This photo was sent in by his sister Patricia Ann Bumcon.

~ 1964-8/26/2015 ~

Henry Andrus Nelson, 51

Henry was fatally injured in August 2015 while working for Sunset Police Department in Sunset, Louisiana. He was fatally injured when he was shot in the line of duty.

This is out of OSHA's jurisdiction.

This photo was sent in by his soul mate Mary Vivenzi.

~ 7/5/1960-8/13/2002 ~

Kevin Scott Noah, 42

Kevin was fatally injured in August 2001 while working for Himmick/Obayashi/Golden Gate Bridges Seismic Retrofit in San Francisco, California. He was fatally injured when he fell off the Golden Gate Bridge.

CalOSHA investigated the incident and proposed a $26,025.00 penalty for three serious violations and three other than serious. In an informal settlement the penalty was reduced $0.00 and no violations.

Inspection: 125613836 - Shimmick Obayashi.

This photo was sent in by his father Ken Nordin.

~ 10/19/1994-5/07/2022 ~

Nicholas Nordin, 27

Nicholas Nordin was injured on the job in May, of 2022 while working for Alpha Foundations Specialists, Llc., in Floral City, Florida. At 8:50 p.m. on May 7, 2022, Employee #1 and Employee #2 were performing foundation repair work on a residential wooden frame house as part of a 2-man work crew . Both employees were working under the crawl space of the house to level the sagging foundation using two jacks. While the two jacks were simultaneously raising a galvanized steel beam, Employee #1 began receiving an electric shock and could not remove his hands from the jack wrench. When Employee #1 screamed out for help, Employee #2 started crawling towards him to help but was electrocuted and was fatally injured.

OSHA investigated the incident and proposed a $43,506 penalty for three serious violations. In an informal settlement the penalty was reduced to $30,454 for three serious violations.

1594333.015 - Alpha Foundations Specialists, Llc.

Nicholas was 27 years young at the time of the incident. He always worked very hard and was very successful in the career path he was on. Nick and his fiancé were working hard to build a life together and they had already achieved many of the plans they had for their future.

Nick was a point of light! Everyone seemed to like and/or love him. Nick was a presence, he always seemed to raise the level of good energy when he entered a room. He was almost always in a good mood and would help others any way he could.

This photo was sent in by his wife Codi Elise Nuernberger.

~ 1/6/1993-4/11/2022 ~

Cory Nuernberger, 29

Cory Nuernberger was fatally injured on the job in April, 2022 while working for Hansen's Environmental Wood Resources, in Arnold, Missouri. At 4:00 p.m. on April 11, 2022, he was cleaning a Vermeer tub grinder at the end of shift. He was on a walking surface immediately adjacent to a moving conveyor belt. He fell to the belt and was crushed between an approximately 1,500 pound magnetic component and the belt, which had a space of approximately 9 inches between them. He was fatally injured when he rolled and was crushed between the magnetic component and belt.

OSHA investigated the incident and proposed a $41,418 penalty for four serious violations, and one other than serious violation. In an informal settlement the penalty was reduced to $33,134 for one other than serious violation.

Inspection: 1589297.015 - Hansen's Environmental Wood Resources

I spent five incredible years with Cory, four of which we were happily married. We went through so many things that would break others up, including the stillbirth of our first son Immanuel. It kills me you cannot see Adaiah grow up but he will always know who his daddy is.

You're reunited with Immanuel now. Watch over us.