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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 850 

Supporting the goals and ideals of Workers’ Memorial Day, honoring workers 

who have been killed or injured in the workplace, and recognizing the 

importance of strengthening worker health and safety protections. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 26, 2018 

Mr. COURTNEY (for himself, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. 

DELAURO, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. SABLAN, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. 

NOLAN, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. NORTON, 

Ms. MOORE, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. NORCROSS, Ms. 

JUDY CHU of California, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of 

Pennsylvania, Mr. ESPAILLAT, and Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER) submitted 

the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

RESOLUTION 

Supporting the goals and ideals of Workers’ Memorial Day, 

honoring workers who have been killed or injured in 

the workplace, and recognizing the importance of 

strengthening worker health and safety protections. 

Whereas 5,190 workers were killed due to workplace-related 

injuries in the United States in 2016, and each year 

more than 2,700,000 workers across the world die of 

workplace-related accidents and diseases; 

Whereas each day, an average of 14 workers are killed due 

to workplace injuries in the United States; 


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Whereas there are more than 3,500,000 occupational injuries 

and illnesses in the United States annually; 

Whereas workers in the health care and social assistance industry suffered the highest prevalence of nonfatal injuries 

in 2016 with 585,800 incidents, and 70 percent of all 

nonfatal workplace assaults in 2016 occurred in these 

two sectors; 

Whereas tens of thousands of Americans with workplace injuries or illness become permanently disabled; 

Whereas the Occupational Safety and Health Administration 

(OSHA), the primary Federal agency which establishes 

and enforces workplace health and safety standards, only 

has sufficient resources to inspect each establishment 

within its jurisdiction once every 159 years, and must be 

fully resourced to adequately protect workers health and 

safety; 

Whereas the current administration has blocked OSHA’s efforts to adopt many protections for workers, including 

those exposed to toxic chemicals, infectious diseases, violence in health care and social service settings, and the 

risk of industrial catastrophes caused by chemicals, explosive gases, or combustible dusts; 

Whereas the current administration has limited OSHA press 

releases on enforcement actions that can raise employer 

awareness regarding hazards and help act as a deterrent 

against safety violations by employers; 

Whereas the current administration has removed the names 

of workers killed on the job from its fatality reports, despite the requests of family members to include their 

names to call attention to these preventable deaths; 


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Whereas observing Workers’ Memorial Day allows us to 

honor and remember victims of workplace injuries and 

disease; and 

Whereas observing Workers’ Memorial Day reminds us to 

strive for better worker safety and health protections: 

Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) supports the goals and ideals of Workers’ 

3 Memorial Day to honor and remember workers who 

4 have been killed or injured in the workplace; 

5 (2) recognizes the importance of strengthening 

6 worker health and safety standards to secure the 

7 safe workplaces workers deserve, including enforce8 able standards to prevent violence in health care and 

9 social service settings; 

10 (3) encourages the Occupational Safety and 

11 Health Administration, employers, community and 

12 worker organizations, professional associations, and 

13 academic institutions to support activities increasing 

14 awareness of the importance of preventing illness, 

15 injury, and death in the workplace; and 

16 (4) calls upon the people of the United States 

17 to observe such a day with appropriate ceremonies 

18 and respect. 

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