Second Regular Session
               Seventieth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                 INTRODUCED
 
 LLS NO. R16-0633.01 Jery Payne x2157             HR16-1006
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 Singer, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 House Committees
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                     HOUSE RESOLUTION 16-1006 
       Concerning ladder safety.
       
       
            WHEREAS, According to the Centers for Disease Control and
       Prevention, falls remain a leading cause of unintentional injury and
       mortality nationwide; and
       
            WHEREAS, According to the National Institute for Occupational
       Safety and Health (NIOSH), in the United States, more than five hundred
       thousand people a year are treated for ladder-related injuries and
       approximately three hundred people a year die from ladder-related
       injuries; and
       
            WHEREAS, According to NIOSH, the estimated annual cost of
       ladder injuries in the United States is eleven billion dollars; and
       
            WHEREAS, Falls from ladders can be prevented and lives can be
       saved by following appropriate workplace safety practices; and
       
            WHEREAS, Companies can provide their employees with
       beneficial training in the safe use of ladders; and
       
            WHEREAS, Employers have a responsibility to provide training
       and a safe and healthful workplace for their workers and to provide the
       right equipment for their workers to do their jobs safely and efficiently;
       and
       
            WHEREAS, Using proper equipment and training, employers can
       obtain economic benefits through fewer health care claims and reduced
       loss of time on the job, worker injuries, health care costs, and workers'
       compensation claims; now, therefore,
       
            Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Seventieth
       General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
       
            (1)  That all commercial entities are encouraged to maintain and
       enhance safety training programs for job site use of ladders;
       
            (2)  That using proper equipment and training, employers can
       obtain economic benefits through fewer health care claims and reduced
       loss of time on the job, worker injuries, health care costs, and workers'
       compensation claims; and
       
            (3)  That insurance providers are encouraged to maintain and
       enhance programs that lower insurance premiums for construction entities
       that establish training and safety programs for ladder use.
       
            Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this resolution be
       transmitted to Action 22; American Council of Engineering Companies;
       American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations;
       American Subcontractors Association; American Subcontractors
       Association of Colorado; Associated Builders  and Contractors Rocky
       Mountain; Associated General Contractors of America; Associated
       General Contractors of Colorado; Associated Landscape Contractors of
       Colorado; Club 20; Colorado Association of Home Builders; Colorado
       Association of Mechanical and Plumbing Contractors; Colorado
       BUILDS; Colorado Contractors Association; Colorado Counties;
       Colorado Department of Labor and Employment; Colorado Division of
       Insurance; Colorado Municipal League; Denver Building Owners and
       Management Association; Hispanic Contractors of Colorado; Independent
       Electrical Contractors; Mechanical Contractors Association of America;
       Mechanical Service Contractors Association of Colorado; NAIOP
       Commercial Real Estate Development Association; National Electrical
       Contractors Association; National Electrical Contractors Association,
       Rocky Mountain Chapter; National Electrical Contractors Association,
       Southern Colorado Chapter; National Roofing Contractors Association;
       Occupational Safety and Health Administration; Pinnacol Assurance;
       Progressive 15; and Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors'
       National Association.