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Proclamation 2025-06PPIRWOCLAMA71ON 2025-06P
WhereaS, the residents of Clermont, Lake County, Florida value safe and healthy workplaces
for all of our citizens; and
Whereas, the majority of workplace injuries and fatalities are preventable, however, more
than 5,000 U.S. workers die each year from job related injuries, and millions more suffer
occupational injuries and illnesses; and
Whereas, businesses spend approximately $170 billion a year on costs tied to occupational
injuries illnesses and healthcare, as well as facing intangible costs of losing a loved one, friend or
coworker; 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, 2025, members of the American Society of Safety
Engineers, Canadian Society of Safety Engineering, the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, and corporate and association partners representing thousands of businesses will
mobilize throughout North America in an effort to increase public awareness of the value of
following safe practices and staying safe at work while helping companies and organizations
enhance their workplace safety efforts; and
Whereas, on May 7, 2025, occupational safety and health professionals across North America
will be recognized on Occupational Safety and Health Professionals Day for their commitment to
protecting people and property in their communities.
NO'W., wherefore, I, Tim Murry, Mayor of the City of Clermont in the State of Florida,
encourage all organizations, community leaders, employers and employees to support activities
designed to increase awareness of the importance of safe workplaces for all, and do hereby
proclaim the Week of May 4-10, Two Thousand and Twenty -Five as:
North .American OccupationaCSafety & .�-feaCth -Week
AND FURTHER, do I hereby proclaim Wednesday May 7, 2025 as:
OccupationaCSafety and Health Professionals Day
In 'Witness 'Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the City
of Clermont to be affixed this 22nd D_ U of April in the year Two Thousand and Twenty Five.
ATTEST: ' k Tim Murry, Mayor
Tracy Ackroyd owe, MM(C` '
City Clerk