Occupational Safety & Health Week City of CCermont
Proclamation
WHEREAS, the residents of the City of Clermont value safe and healthy workplaces for all of our
citizens; and
1473-fERE.9LS, the majority of workplace injuries and fatalities are preventable, however more than 4,500
workers die each year from job related injuries,and millions more suffer occupational injuries and illnesses; and
WHEREAS, businesses spend $170 billion a year on costs tied to occupational injuries, health care and
illness and the intangible costs of losing a loved one,a friend and a co-worker;and
-WHEREAS, safer organizations enjoy increased productivity, higher employee satisfaction and a better
reputation,while recording less lost time and lower workers'compensation and healthcare costs;and
'WHEREAS, during the week of May 4 — 10, 2014, North American Occupational Safety and Health
Week, the American Society of Safety Engineers members, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
and corporate and association partners representing thousands of businesses will mobilize in an effort to
increase employer, employee and public awareness of being safe at work to encourage safe practices; to help
companies and organizations enhance their workplace safety efforts;and
1NHERE.AS, on May 7, 2014, occupational safety and health professionals will be recognized on
Occupational Safety and Health Professional Day for their commitment to protect people, property, and the
environment at work in their communities;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by virtue of the authority vested in me as Mayor of the City of
Clermont, I do hereby proclaim the week of May 4—10, 2014 as
North .American OccupationaCSafety and.-feaCth 'Week
and May 7, 2014 as
OccupationaCSafety and3-leaCth ProfessionaCDay.
IN `WITNESS 14731EREOJ, I, Harold S. Turville, Jr., Mayor of the City of Clermont, have
hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City of Clermont to be affixed this 13th day of May, two
thousand and fourteen.
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a Id S.Turville,Jr., May
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