Occupational Safety CLERONT
�hace of Champans -
WHERE'S, the residents of the City of Clermont value safe and healthy workplaces for all of our
citizens, and
WHEREAS, the majority of workplace injuries and fatalities are preventable, however more than 4,600
workers die each year from job related injuries, and millions more suffer occupational injuries and illnesses, and
WHEREAS, businesses spend $62 billion a year on the costs of the most disabling workplace injuries
tied to occupational injuries, health care and illness, and
W3(EREAS, 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 1 through May 7, 2016, 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
W3(ERE.IS, on May 4, 2016, 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,
3v0147, 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 1 through May 7, 2016 as
North .American OccupationaCSafety and-Hearth Week
and May 4, 2016 as
OccupationaCSafety and.-CeaCth ProfessionaCDay
IN WITNESS WHEREO,�, I, Gail L Ash, Mayor of the City of Clermont, have hereunto set
my hand and caused the Seal of the City of Clermont to be affixed this 10th day of May, two thousand and
sixteen
Gail L Ash, Mayor
ATTEST'
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Tracy A"royd Howe, MMC `,�
City Clerk r tr-