Bill Text: NY K00114 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim February 16-22, 2025, as Grain Bin Safety Week in the State of New York

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 19-6)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-21 - referred to calendar [K00114 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-K00114-Introduced.html

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Assembly Resolution No. 114

BY: M. of A. Blankenbush

        MEMORIALIZING  Governor  Kathy  Hochul to proclaim
        February 16-22, 2025, as Grain Bin  Safety  Week  in
        the State of New York

  WHEREAS,  It  is  the  custom  of this Legislative Body to recognize
official weeks that are set aside to  increase  awareness  of  important
issues  that affect the lives of agricultural workers of New York State;
and

  WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and  in  full  accord  with  its
long-standing  traditions,  it  is the sense of this Legislative Body to
memorialize Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim February 16-22,  2025,  as
Grain Bin Safety Week in the State of New York; and

  WHEREAS,  Safety  of  farm  and  agricultural  workers  is of utmost
important to this state; and

  WHEREAS, It takes only seconds to be completely engulfed in  flowing
grain or overcome by oxygen-deficient atmospheres; and

  WHEREAS,   Grain  production,  handling,  and  transportation  is  a
significant industry in the State of New York; and

  WHEREAS, More than 900 cases of grain engulfment have been  reported
with a fatality rate of 62% in the past 50 years; and

  WHEREAS, Through education and awareness of hazards, as well as safe
work  practices  and procedures, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company and
the State of New  York  strive  to  reduce  the  number  of  preventable
injuries and deaths associated with grain handling and storage; and

  WHEREAS,  Grain  Bin  Safety  Week  is  a  collaborative  effort  by
agricultural industry leaders  and  agricultural  professionals  working
together; and

  WHEREAS,  Through  education  and awareness of hazards and safe work
practices and procedures, the State of New  York  hopes  to  reduce  the
number of preventable injuries and deaths associated with grain handling
and storage; now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED,  That  this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
memorialize Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim February 16-22,  2025,  as
Grain Bin Safety Week in the State of New York; and be it further

  RESOLVED,  That  a  copy  of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to The Honorable Kathy Hochul, Governor of the State of  New
York.