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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 600 

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 28, 2022 

Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mr. CASEY, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. PADILLA, Mrs. 

FEINSTEIN, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. HICKENLOOPER, Mr. LUJA ́N, Ms. SMITH, Mr. BROWN, Mr. 

CARDIN, Mrs. SHAHEEN, and Mr. VAN HOLLEN) submitted the following 

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 

Labor, and Pensions 

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 4,764 workers were killed in the United States due 

to job-related traumatic injuries in 2020, and 120,000 

workers die in the United States each year from job-related diseases; 

Whereas, each day, in total, an average of 340 workers die 

from job-related injuries and illnesses in the United 

States; 


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Whereas, annually, there are more than 3,200,000 occupational injuries in the United States; 

Whereas tens of thousands of individuals in the United 

States with workplace-related injuries or illnesses have 

become permanently disabled; 

Whereas the Occupational Safety and Health Administration 

(referred to in this preamble as ‘‘OSHA’’), the primary 

Federal agency that establishes and enforces workplace 

health and safety standards— 

(1) only has sufficient resources to inspect each establishment within the jurisdiction of OSHA once every 

236 years; and 

(2) must receive the resources necessary to adequately protect the health and safety of workers in the 

United States; 

Whereas workers continue to face serious risks of injury, illness and death from COVID-19, infectious diseases, heat 

exposure, and workplace violence; 

Whereas millions of workers have been infected with COVID19, and thousands of workers in the United States alone 

have died from COVID-19; 

Whereas these injuries, illnesses, and deaths are preventable; 

and 

Whereas observing Workers’ Memorial Day— 

(1) allows the people of the United States to honor 

and remember victims of workplace-related injuries and 

disease; and 

(2) reminds the people of the United States to strive 

for better safety and health protections for workers: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 


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

2 Memorial Day to honor and remember workers who 

3 have been killed or injured in the workplace; 

4 (2) recognizes the importance of strengthening 

5 worker health and safety standards to secure the 

6 safe workplaces workers deserve; 

7 (3) encourages the Occupational Safety and 

8 Health Administration, the Mine Safety and Health 

9 Administration, employers, community and worker 

10 organizations, professional associations, and aca11 demic institutions to support activities increasing 

12 awareness of the importance of preventing illness, 

13 injury, and death in the workplace; and 

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

15 to observe Workers’ Memorial Day with appropriate 

16 ceremonies and respect. 

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