US Department of Labor honors fallen workers with national Workers Memorial Day program April 24

WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor will honor workers whose jobs have claimed their lives during its national Workers Memorial Day program on April 24, 2025.

The department will welcome families traveling from across the country to the nation’s capital for the program, which pays tribute to men and women who have lost their lives while on the job, as well as all the fallen workers before them, and the survivors who remain to grieve and carry on.

Today, work-related injuries in the U.S. claim about 15 people’s lives a day. In 2023, a reported 5,283 workers suffered fatal inquiries, a decrease of 203 worker deaths from 2022.

U.S. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Occupational Safety and Health Administration Acting Assistant Secretary Amanda Wood Laihow, and Mine Safety and Health Administration Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy James Paul McHugh will speak during this year’s Workers Memorial Day ceremony, which will be held at the department’s Washington headquarters at 1 p.m. EDT. The event will also be livestreamed.