Three men from Kent were among the 97 fallen workers honored during Washington’s annual Worker Memorial Day ceremony.
Held each April, the event commemorates those who lost their lives on the job in Washington state in previous years, according to a state Department of Labor & Industries’ (L&I) news release. It serves as a reminder that preventable workplace injuries and deaths have a deep impact on the people of Washington state. Of the 97, 29 workers died before last year but were not included in previous ceremonies.
This year’s ceremony was Thursday, April 24 at L&I headquarters in Tumwater…