Occupational Safety and Health: Worker Safety: Looking Back
Although concern for worker safety was expressed as far back as Hypocrites, it wasn't until 1911, in the wake of the Triangle Shirt Factory fire, that the first worker compensation laws were enacted.
Occupational Safety and Health: Worker Safety in the Space and Science Industries
Propelled by the Cold War, research and testing of rocket motors and fuels flourished in the mid 1900s, exposing workers to the acute effects of toxic chemicals and the as yet unknown chronic and long term effects. Around the same time, experiments ...
Occupational Safety and Health: Industrial Hygiene
The job of the industrial hygienist is to monitor employee health and safety, devising preventive measures to keep workers from being exposed to chemical, physical, and biological hazards.
Occupational Safety and Health: Worker Safety in the Mining Industry
Nowhere are workplace hazards more evident than in the mining industry. The use of dynamite in the early days of mining and into the early 1900s made for extremely hazardous conditions. Technology introduced in the mid-1900s resulted in an epidemic ...
Occupational Safety and Health: OSHA
The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 gave each state the tools to enforce a code of safety in all workplaces. Employers must report accidents to OSHA and employees can make a complaint against an employer, anonymously if desired. OSHA inve...