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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1062
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Statistical Abstract of the United States
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1062
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1062
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Middle Atlantic Region
Author: United States. National Resources Planning Board
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Category : Middle Atlantic States
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Category : Middle Atlantic States
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Category : Labor
Languages : en
Pages : 1214
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Category : Labor
Languages : en
Pages : 1214
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Verbatim Record of the Proceedings
Author: United States. Temporary National Economic Committee
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Category : Corporations
Languages : en
Pages : 750
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Category : Corporations
Languages : en
Pages : 750
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Handbook of Labor Statistics
Author: United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Category : Labor
Languages : en
Pages : 360
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Category : Labor
Languages : en
Pages : 360
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Safety First
Author: Mark Aldrich
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801854057
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 450
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The first full account of why the American workplace became so dangerous, and why it is now so much safer. In 1907, American coal mines killed 3,242 men in occupational accidents, probably an all-time high both for the industry and for all laboring accidents in this country. In December alone, two mines at Monongah, West Virginia, blew up, killing 362 men. Railroad accidents that same year killed another 4,534. At a single South Chicago steel plant, 46 workers died on the job. In mines and mills and on railroads, work in America had become more dangerous than in any other advanced nation. Ninety years later, such numbers and events seem extraordinary. Although serious accidents do still occur, industrial jobs in the United States have become vastly and dramatically safer. In Safety First, Mark Aldrich offers the first full account of why the American workplace became so dangerous, and why it is now so much safer. Aldrich, an economist who once served as an OSHA investigator, first describes the increasing dangers of industrial work in late-nineteenth-century America as a result of technological change, careless work practices, and a legal system that minimized employers' responsibility for industrial accidents. He then explores the developments that led to improved safety—government regulation, corporate publicizing of safety measures, and legislation that raised the costs of accidents by requiring employers to pay workmen's compensation. At the heart of these changes, Aldrich contends, was the emergence of a safety ideology that stressed both worker and management responsibility for work accidents—a stunning reversal of earlier attitudes.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801854057
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
The first full account of why the American workplace became so dangerous, and why it is now so much safer. In 1907, American coal mines killed 3,242 men in occupational accidents, probably an all-time high both for the industry and for all laboring accidents in this country. In December alone, two mines at Monongah, West Virginia, blew up, killing 362 men. Railroad accidents that same year killed another 4,534. At a single South Chicago steel plant, 46 workers died on the job. In mines and mills and on railroads, work in America had become more dangerous than in any other advanced nation. Ninety years later, such numbers and events seem extraordinary. Although serious accidents do still occur, industrial jobs in the United States have become vastly and dramatically safer. In Safety First, Mark Aldrich offers the first full account of why the American workplace became so dangerous, and why it is now so much safer. Aldrich, an economist who once served as an OSHA investigator, first describes the increasing dangers of industrial work in late-nineteenth-century America as a result of technological change, careless work practices, and a legal system that minimized employers' responsibility for industrial accidents. He then explores the developments that led to improved safety—government regulation, corporate publicizing of safety measures, and legislation that raised the costs of accidents by requiring employers to pay workmen's compensation. At the heart of these changes, Aldrich contends, was the emergence of a safety ideology that stressed both worker and management responsibility for work accidents—a stunning reversal of earlier attitudes.
Monthly Labor Review
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Category : Labor laws and legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 206
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Publishes in-depth articles on labor subjects, current labor statistics, information about current labor contracts, and book reviews.
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Category : Labor laws and legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 206
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Publishes in-depth articles on labor subjects, current labor statistics, information about current labor contracts, and book reviews.
Minerals Yearbook
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Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 1270
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Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 1270
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Measuring Price Changes of Military Expenditures, June 1975
Author: United States. Bureau of Economic Analysis
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Category : Armed Forces
Languages : en
Pages : 516
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Category : Armed Forces
Languages : en
Pages : 516
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Domestic Commerce
Author: United States. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
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Category : Commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 16
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Category : Commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 16
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