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 100 STAT. 640

PUBLIC LAW 99-337—JUNE 19, 1986

Public Law 99-337 99th Congress Joint Resolution June 19, 1986 [H.J. Res. 131]

To designate the week beginning June 15, 1986, as "National Safety in the Workplace Week".

Whereas the National Safety Council statistics indicate that workplace accidents accounted for eleven thousand three hundred employee deaths and one million nine hundred thousand employee injuries during 1983; Whereas said accidents caused immeasurable pain and suffering to victims and their families; Whereas the cost of occupational accidents amounted to over $33,400,000,000 in losses to American industry during 1983; Whereas the American Society of Safety Engineers and other safety and health organizations continue to promote occupational safety in all industries; Whereas occupational safety and health organizations will be calling attention to the seriousness and magnitude of this problem through appropriate activities; and Whereas this endeavor is worthy of our support and cooperation so that we may reduce the toll of workplace injuries and deaths: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation designating the week beginning June 15, 1986, as "National Safety in the Workplace Week" commemorating the efforts of those organizations to promote safety and health for the American workers, and calling upon all Government agencies and the people of the United States to observe the week with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities. Approved June 19, 1986.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.J. Res. 131: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 132 (1986): June 11, considered and passed House. June 13, considered and passed Senate.

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