HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 06181985 - X.3 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Proclaiming
June 16 - 22, j1985 as
National Safety in the Workplace RESOLUTION NO. 85/317
Week
WHEREAS, Iworkplace accidents each year kill about
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11,300 Americans and- injure an additional 1. 9 million
workers; and i
WHEREAS, ! these accidents cost Americans about $33. 4
billion annually; and
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WHEREAS,1, employers and employees in the public and
private sectors rs must recognize the need to safeguard the
working place so that we may enjoy a productive and healthy
environment; ,Iand
WHEREAS,i the American Society of Safety Engineers'
established in 1911, is an organization dedicated to the
reduction of [workplace accidents and deaths through the
training andlidevelopment of highly skilled professionals in
safety and health management; and
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WHEREAS', the Society has nearly 20,000 members in the
United States and more than 50 countries, who will be
calling attention to the seriousness and magnitude of this
problem through appropriate activities; and
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WHEREAS,, this endeavor is worthy of our support and
cooperation so that we may reduce the toll of workplace
injuries and I I I deaths;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of
Supervisors of the County of Contra Costa, California,
hereby proclaim June 16-22, 1985 to be NATIONAL SAFETY IN
THE WORKPLACE WEEK in Contra Costa County and urge the
citizens of ;this county to join the members of the American
Society of Safety Engineers in their attempts to improve our
safety and health.
PASSEDIAND ADOPTED on June 18, 1985, by unanimous vote
of the Boardmembers present.
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I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and
correct copy" of a resolution entered in the minutes of the
Board of Supervisors on the date aforesaid.
ii Witness my hand and the seal of
the Board of Supervisors affixed this
eighteenth day of June, 1985.
Attested: Phil Batchelor, Clerk
of the Board of Supervisors and
County Administrator.
By Deputy Clerk
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Supervis ;Nancy C. Fanden
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CC: County Adipinistrator
Supervi,sor' Fanden