[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 70 (Thursday, April 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2221-S2222]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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  SENATE RESOLUTION 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

  Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mr. Casey, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Padilla, Mrs. 
Feinstein, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Hassan, Mr. 
Hickenlooper, Mr. Lujan, 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.:

                              S. Res. 600

       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;

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       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
       Resolved, 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.

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