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JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MAY 3 TO MAY 9, 2015 AS MAINE SAFETY WEEK
WHEREAS, every year, more than 80,000 workers suffer an injury on construction job sites across the United States and one incident is one too many; and
WHEREAS,  safety should be the number one focus in the construction industry; and
WHEREAS,  over 40 national and global construction firms constituting the Construction Industry Safety Initiative, or CISI, and the Incident and Injury-Free, or IIF, Forum, as well as the National Association of Minority Contractors and Women Construction Owners and Executives USA, have joined forces to inspire everyone in the construction industry to be leaders in safety; and
WHEREAS,  companies across the country have banded together to create and celebrate the 2nd United States Industry Safety Week, running this year from Sunday, May 3rd, to Saturday, May 9th; and
WHEREAS,  expanding the focus of Industry Safety Week to encompass not just safety issues pertaining to the construction industry but safety issues more generally would benefit citizens of the State as well as for-profit businesses and nonprofit organizations throughout the State; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: That We, the Members of the One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Legislature now assembled in the First Regular Session, on behalf of the people we represent, take this opportunity to proclaim May 3 to May 9, 2015 Maine Safety Week and urge citizens of the State to use safe practices at the workplace, in the home and on the road; and be it further
RESOLVED: That suitable copies of this resolution, duly authenticated by the Secretary of State, be transmitted to the corporate offices of Cianbro in Pittsfield.