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1 1 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY VILSACK
1 3 A Concurrent Resolution urging action by the
1 4 federal government to protect workers from
1 5 repetitive stress injuries.
1 6 WHEREAS, it is the public policy of this state to
1 7 assure every working person in the state safe and
1 8 healthful working conditions and to preserve human
1 9 resources; and
1 10 WHEREAS, repetitive stress injuries, caused by
1 11 workers repeatedly performing a movement that is
1 12 traumatic to part of the body, are increasingly a
1 13 threat to the health and safety of workers in this
1 14 state and country; and
1 15 WHEREAS, repetitive stress injuries are one of the
1 16 fastest growing workplace injuries in the country,
1 17 costing employers more than $20 billion for 2.73
1 18 million workers' compensation claims in 1993; and
1 19 WHEREAS, repetitive stress injuries account for one
1 20 of every $3 in employer workers' compensation costs in
1 21 this country; and
1 22 WHEREAS, repetitive stress injuries are of
1 23 particular concern to workers in this state because of
1 24 the high incidence of such injuries to workers in the
1 25 meatpacking industry; and
1 26 WHEREAS, the United States Occupational Safety and
1 27 Health Administration has recently announced it will
1 28 address repetitive stress injuries and has named an
1 29 ergonomics coordinator to head this effort; and
1 30 WHEREAS, the health and safety of Iowa workers, and
2 1 workers across the country, need swift action in
2 2 establishing safety standards to address repetitive
2 3 stress injuries; NOW THEREFORE,
2 4 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF
2 5 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, That the General Assembly
2 6 of the State of Iowa expresses its support for action
2 7 concerning the prevention of repetitive stress
2 8 injuries in the workplace and requests the United
2 9 States Occupational Safety and Health Administration
2 10 to place a high priority in fashioning workable
2 11 standards that will protect workers from these
2 12 injuries; and
2 13 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the United States
2 14 Occupational Safety and Health Administration
2 15 carefully consider, in establishing standards, the
2 16 urgent need for the protection of workers in the
2 17 meatpacking industry from repetitive stress injuries;
2 18 and
2 19 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the United States
2 20 Congress pass legislation, if necessary, to ensure the
2 21 adoption and application of standards that will
2 22 protect workers from repetitive stress injuries; and
2 23 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this
2 24 resolution be sent to the United States Occupational
2 25 Safety and Health Administration, the President of the
2 26 United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States
2 27 House of Representatives, and the members of Iowa's
2 28 congressional delegation.
2 29 LSB 2381XS 77
2 30 ec/cf/28
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