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.
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.
This photo was sent in by his wife Holly Zahnow.
~ 3/17/1964-10/1/2014 ~
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Thomas "Tom" Zahnow, 50Thomas was injured on the job in September 2014 while working for Axiall Corp. in Martinsville, West Virginia and he passed away October 2014. He was fatally injured while replacing a faulty on on at tank valve conationng liquid caustic soda was released burning Tom, James Starkey and Douglas Carson.
Federal OSHA investigated the incident and proposed a $21,000 penalty for three serious violations. The violations are under contest. Inspection: 997653.015 - Eagle Natrium, Llc To see more on: Thomas |
This photo was sent in by his daughter Leslie Crawford
~ 1/15/2015 ~
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Ralph "Avery" Zorn, 59Avery was injured on the job in January 2015 while working for Macuch Steel Products, Inc. of Augusta, Georgia as a Maintenance Manager. He was fatally injured when an overhead crane bumped the scissor lift, he was operating, tipping it to the ground. He was approximately 22.7 feet from ground level changing out light fixtures.
OSHA investigated and proposed a penalty of $9,800 for 2 Serious violations. The fines were reduced to $3,290.00 for 1 Serious violation. Inspection: 1018890.015 - Macuch Steel Products Inc. To see more on: Avery |
