2022 -- S 2985 | |
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LC006038 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022 | |
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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N | |
PROCLAIMING MAY 2022 TO BE "ELECTRICAL SAFETY MONTH" IN THE STATE OF | |
RHODE ISLAND | |
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Introduced By: Senator Roger Picard | |
Date Introduced: May 25, 2022 | |
Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar | |
1 | WHEREAS, Annually in the United States, hundreds of people die and thousands are |
2 | injured as a result of electrically related incidents; and |
3 | WHEREAS, An estimated 32,000 home structure fires reported to United States fire |
4 | departments involved some type of electrical failure or malfunction as a factor contributing to |
5 | ignition; and |
6 | WHEREAS, On average, there are 430 civilian deaths, 1,060 civilian injuries, and $1.3 |
7 | billion in direct property damage resulting from home fires caused by electrical failure or |
8 | malfunction each year; and |
9 | WHEREAS, Every day in the United States, 6.4 workplace injuries occur from |
10 | electrically related incidents and in 2020, workplace electrical hazards caused over 2,220 severe |
11 | injuries, which resulted in the affected personnel taking time off from work; and |
12 | WHEREAS, Inspecting homes and workplaces for possible electrical hazards, as well as |
13 | following basic electrical safety precautions can help prevent thousands of people from being |
14 | injured or killed each year; and |
15 | WHEREAS, Citizens are also well-advised to protect their homes and families with the |
16 | latest safety technology, such as ground-fault circuit interrupters, arc-fault circuit interrupters, |
17 | surge protective devices, and tamper resistant receptacles, and with the installation, testing, and |
18 | proper maintenance of an adequate number of smoke alarms; and |
19 | WHEREAS, The Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI) is dedicated |
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1 | exclusively to promoting electrical safety in the home, school, and workplace through education |
2 | and advocacy, and to increasing public awareness by sponsoring National Electrical Safety |
3 | Month each May; now, therefore be it |
4 | RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby proclaims May of |
5 | 2022 to be "Electrical Safety Month" in the State of Rhode Island and encourages all citizens to |
6 | observe the importance of establishing and practicing electrical safety habits in the home, school, |
7 | and workplace to reduce the number of electrically related fires, injuries, and deaths; and be it |
8 | further |
9 | RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
10 | transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to Jeffrey Taylor, Mayforth Group, the Electrical |
11 | Safety Foundation International (ESFI), and the National Electrical Manufacturers Association |
12 | (NEMA). |
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