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Sponsor Testimony on House Bill 235 — Representative Brian Baldridge (House Commerce and Labor Committee)

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Sponsor testimony on House Bill 235 from State Representative Brian Baldridge to the House Commerce and Labor Committee. It states the intent of the bill is to ensure a consistent high standard for safety for workers and for communities, and that accidents at the sites covered can have wide ranging impacts beyond the refinery itself. The testimony cites a career as a fire medic in saying the aim is to be proactive rather than wait until an accident happens. It commends the strong safety record of the petroleum industry and says the bill seeks to ensure that anyone working at these potentially hazardous sites has completed safety training regardless of which refinery the person works for or where the person may reside.

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                                   Sponsor Testimony
                        State Representative Brian Baldridge
                                     House Bill 235



      Chairman Stein, Vice-Chair Johnson, Ranking Member Lepore-Hagan, and members
of the House Commerce and Labor Committee, thank you for the opportunity to stand
before you today to provide sponsor testimony on House Bill 235. The intent of this bill is
to ensure that we have a consistent high standard for safety both for the sake of our workers
as well as for our communities. Accidents at the sites covered in this legislation can have
wide ranging impacts beyond the refinery itself.
       As many of you know I have spent my career as a fire medic. Throughout my career I
saw first-hand when the fire service was reactive and not proactive. I witnessed when we
made changes due to an event that had consequences. We want to be proactive moving into
the future of safety for our workers and citizens in the great state of Ohio.
     We do not want to wait until an accident happens to examine what an appropriate
standard for safety across the board might look like. I look forward to working through this
committee process, as well as with the industry leaders themselves, to proactively protect
Ohioans and our communities that neighbor these sites.
      I sincerely commend the strong safety record of the petroleum industry. Additionally,
I have been a vocal supporter of the industry in our state as well as in our region and the
introduction of this bill respects the importance of the petroleum industry to our state. We
simply want to ensure that anyone who may be in our state to work at these potentially
hazardous sites have all completed a uniformed level of safety training regardless of which
refinery they’re working for or where they may reside.
      Chairman Stein, Vice-Chairman Johnson, Ranking Member Lepore-Hagan, and
members of the House Commerce and Labor Committee, thank you for the opportunity to
stand before you today and I would be glad to answer any questions.

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