Coming January 6th Health and Safety leaders have joined together to keep our workplaces safe and prevent work-related injuries, deaths and illnesses.  Find out what's on the agenda and who is working for you.  If your organization wishes to see these changes and need help over the coming year please contact USMWF or someone on the contact list.

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The Faces Campaign Fred R. Barnard said, “One picture is worth a thousand words.” How many words does it take to peer into the eyes of tragedy or feel the heartache and pain that is set in motion after our loved one was lost. The Faces Campaign is intended to give workplace fatalities a face, gain awareness and educate workers, employees, organizations and our government.  We invite you to add a face of someone lost due to a workplace incident.  We would love to get the following information: Photo of Worker Name Age Birth date   Loss date Place of employment Your name Your relationship with lost worker. My home church is the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, DC.  For every photo that we are permitted to post on the USMWF website for the Faces Campaign, I will light a holy candle and say a special prayer for the family left behind.   Warmest regards, Celeste All is not required however we do need a name of both your loss and you in order to post a face. *Please note if you send in your loved ones photo it may be featured in print and/or online. ↑ Grab this Headline Animator ↑ Grab this Headline Animator

The Sobering Facts: Workplace Injury, Illness & Death  

Each day millions of fathers, mothers, husbands, wives, sons, and daughters leave their homes for another day of work. They work in retail stores, restaurants, mines, hospitals, and countless other industries. They work to provide for their families, save for the future, and be part of a better Society. Tragically, many of these workers and their loved ones have no idea that simply going to work may jeopardize their limbs and life.

According to the US Department of Labor, in 2005, 4.2 million non-fatal injuries and illnesses were reported in private industry workplaces. In 2006, 5,703 US workers were fatally injured on the job  

Behind each one of these injured, sickened or killed workers is a family in mourning – a family in need of answers, resources, and support.

Together we have an amazingly unique opportunity of empowering the surviving family members of our Nation’s workplace, thus strengthening the rights of workers and their families.  Our future plans are to:

1. Provide information and education to family members by turning the Resource Guide into a step by step training manual on what the families need to know and do after a loss.

2. Provide scholarships for families desiring to attend hearings and events that will protect and improve workers and their family’s rights. 

3. Strengthen our presence by further our family outreach with initial contact and guidance. 

4. Enhance the USMWF's web site so that others may add their own tribute and contact other families with the same interest.

Occupational Tragedies and their Impact on Families  

Not surprisingly, families too often find little support from government officials when they inquire into how the workplace incident occurred. In spite of their loss and overwhelming frustration with the investigative system, family members are banding together to advocate for safer and healthier work environments. These family members are committed to calling attention to occupational dangers not only to honor their loved ones, but also to prevent other families from experiencing the pain and confusion associated with workplace injury, illness, and death.  

We have done a lot through our efforts with very little resources. Just imagine what we could do if we had more funding and resources! We need to do much more and we need your help! One of our big successes this year has been gaining our Non-Profit status as an organization so that any contributions you make are tax deductible. We are in the process of applying for grants and we will continue with all avenues to build the organization.

We do need your support to continue our work so please consider giving a donation of money or time.  USMWF families will not let you down.

Charles Edward Marsh & The Public Welfare Foundation 2008

According to Anonymous Giver, a biography of Marsh by Philip Kopper, Marsh wrote that "public welfare" was "a pretty wide pair of words," by which he intended the Foundation to involve itself in "any activity which would promote the well-being and happiness of human beings."   A document drafted at the time, according to Kopper, declared that the Foundation would make "gifts for education, charitable or benevolent uses in accordance with a plan which shall meet the changing need for such gifts with flexibility...."  We can not thank the Public Welfare Foundation enough for having faith in our efforts and the first to grant USMWF a way to get the job done!

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