Although 108 workplace fatalities were recorded, only 44 names are available. That leaves 64 unnamed on-the-job deaths! The county with the highest death rate was Milwaukee with 14 deaths.
If you have lost a loved one to occupational illness or a death in the workplace and are looking for some help figuring out what to do and who to contact the United Support and Memorial for Workplace Fatalities may be of help. This web site is run by a woman, and her family, who lost her brother to a workplace fatality. They provide support, awareness, tributes, memorials, article, self-help, workers comp. laws, wrongful death attorneys and safety resources. And most of all they care! They listen!
Name of Worker Date of Death |
Name of Worker Date of Death |
Name of Worker Date of Death |
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Leroy Kohnlein 1/8/97 |
David Pauline 6/10/97 |
Michael Polhemus 1/10/97 |
Roger Martinson 6/15/97 |
Donald Riviere 1/21/97 |
Eric Vinnerstrom 6/15/97 |
William Bing 1/22/97 |
Jerry Osheim 6/15/97 |
David Demos 1/25/97 |
Steven Miller 6/30/97 |
Robert Martinson 1/26/97 |
Craig Huck 7/1/97 |
Michael Geyer 2/20/97 |
Marshall Sigh, Jr. 7/7/97 |
Gordon McGlynn 3/6/97 |
Todd Tomczyk 7/7/97 |
Mitchell Kerschner 3/10/97 |
Scott Suiter 8/14/97 |
Robert Knapp 3/11/97 |
Mark Blimbergs 9/2/97 |
Albert Gady 3/11/97 |
Kurtis Cina 9/2/97 |
Warren Bassler 3/15/97 |
Clarence Zimbrick 9/3/97 |
Neil Hyerstay 3/15/97 |
Linda Root 9/9/97 |
David Schacherl 3/15/97 |
Paul Radtke 9/15/97 |
Stephen Yantz 3/15/97 |
Anna Degelau 9/26/97 |
Mark Highlander 4/5/97 |
Troy Marcks 10/14/97 |
Scott Vandervaart 4/5/97 |
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Garry Kahl 11/7/97 |
Wayne Labelle 5/7/97 |
Richard Remington 11/20/97 |
Dean Pusa 5/9/97 |
Michael Martyn 11/21/97 |
James Fischbach 5/11/97 |
Gregory Quinn 11/22/97 |
Don Spencer 5/18/97 |
Anthony Hunkle 12/9/97 |
Randy Smith 5/24/97 |
Timothy Kingers 12/29/97 |
If you have a name of someone who died on the job in 1997, please forward it to WisCOSH so that we may include it in our memorial. Please include the date, city/town and cause if you know it.