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