Full Text of HR1005 97th General Assembly
HR1005 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Nucor Steel in | 4 | | Kankakee on receiving the Star Voluntary Protection Program | 5 | | Award by the United States Department of Labor's Occupational | 6 | | Safety and Health Administration; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Nucor Steel is the largest producer of steel in | 8 | | the United States and the largest recycler in North America; | 9 | | Nucor produces a range of steel products including bars, beams, | 10 | | sheet, plate, steel joists and joist girders, steel deck, | 11 | | fabricated concrete reinforcing steel, cold finished steel, | 12 | | steel fasteners, and metal building systems; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Nucor Steel has long championed the American | 14 | | manufacturing sector and its workers; they value their | 15 | | teammates and have a no layoff policy, even during times of | 16 | | prolonged economic recession; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Nucor Steel in Kankakee provides hundreds of | 18 | | high-paying jobs and a substantial tax base for the community; | 19 | | and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, The Voluntary Protection Program is designed to | 21 | | promote effective worksite-based safety and health; in the |
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| 1 | | Voluntary Protection Program, management, employees, and | 2 | | OSHA's establish cooperative relationships at workplaces that | 3 | | have implemented a comprehensive safety and health management | 4 | | system; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Nicor Steel Kankakee's approval into the | 6 | | Voluntary Protection Program is OSHA's official recognition of | 7 | | the outstanding efforts of the Nucor Steel management and | 8 | | teammates who have achieved exemplary occupational safety and | 9 | | health; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, The Star Voluntary Protection Program recognizes | 11 | | Nucor Steel Kankakee's outstanding efforts to reduce the number | 12 | | of occupational safety and health hazards at its Kankakee mill, | 13 | | and the development, implementation, and continuous | 14 | | improvement of its safety and health management system; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Nicor Steel Kankakee strives to be an industry | 16 | | leader and hopes that their site evolves into a model of | 17 | | excellence and influences practices industry-wide; therefore, | 18 | | be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 21 | | we congratulate Nucor Steel Kankakee on receiving the United | 22 | | States Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health |
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| 1 | | Administration award and wish the company continued success in | 2 | | the future; and be it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to Nucor Steel Kankakee as a symbol of our respect | 5 | | and esteem.
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