title: Workers' Memorial Day - April 28, 2016.
abstract: Workers' Memorial Day, observed annually on April 28, recognizes workers who suffered or died because of exposures to hazards at work. In 2014, 4,679 U.S. workers died from work-related injuries. Although deaths from work-related injuries are captured by surveillance systems, most deaths from work-related illness are not. In 2007, an estimated 53,445 deaths from work-related illness occurred. In 2014, employers reported approximately 3 million nonfatal injuries and illnesses to private industry workers and 722,000 to state and local government workers; an estimated 2.7 million work-related injuries were treated in emergency departments, resulting in 113,000 hospitalizations (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (CDC-NIOSH), unpublished data, 2016).
mesh_terms: D000846:Anniversaries and Special Events; D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D017281:Cost of Illness; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D009314:National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S.; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D060051:Occupational Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D011159:Population Surveillance; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology