A 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.

Bill: 117-sres-600
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2022-04-28
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays

Health promotion and preventive care

Worker safety and health
Latest action: action_date: 2022-04-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S2221-2222)

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-04-28
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This resolution expresses support for the goals and ideals of Workers' Memorial Day, which honors workers killed or injured in the workplace.</p>

tv_txt: III 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 600 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. Luján , 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; 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 COVID-19, 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

That the Senate— (1) supports the goals and ideals of Workers’ Memorial Day to honor and remember workers who have been killed or injured in the workplace; (2) recognizes the importance of strengthening worker health and safety standards to secure the safe workplaces workers deserve; (3) encourages the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Mine Safety and Health Administration, employers, community and worker organizations, professional associations, and academic institutions to support activities increasing awareness of the importance of preventing illness, injury, and death in the workplace; and (4) calls upon the people of the United States to observe Workers' Memorial Day with appropriate ceremonies and respect.