DAVID C. CHRISTIANI and XIAO-RONG WANG
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- September 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780195150865
- eISBN:
- 9780199865222
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195150865.003.001
- Subject:
- Public Health and Epidemiology, Public Health, Epidemiology
Exposure to chemical and physical hazards in the workplace, resulting in a variety of occupational illnesses, is a common negative impact of work on health. This chapter provides an overview of ...
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Exposure to chemical and physical hazards in the workplace, resulting in a variety of occupational illnesses, is a common negative impact of work on health. This chapter provides an overview of several major health problems related to chemical and physical agent exposures in workplaces. It highlights occupational problems faced by industrializing countries where the relevant data are available, and compares the exposures that occur in industrialized countries with those that occur in industrializing ones. Finally, it emphasizes the preventable nature of most occupational risks and the potential for successful preventive interventions by governmental agencies, scientific researchers, and businesses.Less
Exposure to chemical and physical hazards in the workplace, resulting in a variety of occupational illnesses, is a common negative impact of work on health. This chapter provides an overview of several major health problems related to chemical and physical agent exposures in workplaces. It highlights occupational problems faced by industrializing countries where the relevant data are available, and compares the exposures that occur in industrialized countries with those that occur in industrializing ones. Finally, it emphasizes the preventable nature of most occupational risks and the potential for successful preventive interventions by governmental agencies, scientific researchers, and businesses.
Jonathan D. Karmel
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781501709982
- eISBN:
- 9781501714382
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9781501709982.001.0001
- Subject:
- Law, Employment Law
Dying to Work is a collection of short stories from and about workers who were injured or killed on the job. The stories are bookended by a brief history of safety laws that still today leave ...
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Dying to Work is a collection of short stories from and about workers who were injured or killed on the job. The stories are bookended by a brief history of safety laws that still today leave millions of workers without effective compensation and employers without any meaningful incentive to keep their workers safe. In the last part of the book, Dying to Work attempts to provide some answers to questions about worker safety, and to offer policy suggestions that may make American workers safer and employers more accountable. In the end, Dying to Work insists that Americans change their mindset that workplace death and injuries are caused by accidents.Less
Dying to Work is a collection of short stories from and about workers who were injured or killed on the job. The stories are bookended by a brief history of safety laws that still today leave millions of workers without effective compensation and employers without any meaningful incentive to keep their workers safe. In the last part of the book, Dying to Work attempts to provide some answers to questions about worker safety, and to offer policy suggestions that may make American workers safer and employers more accountable. In the end, Dying to Work insists that Americans change their mindset that workplace death and injuries are caused by accidents.
D. Clayton Brown
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- March 2014
- ISBN:
- 9781604737981
- eISBN:
- 9781604737998
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Mississippi
- DOI:
- 10.14325/mississippi/9781604737981.003.0018
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
This chapter considers the various challenges faced by the cotton industry. These include occupational illnesses such as byssinosis, or brown lung disease, which affects workers in cotton textile ...
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This chapter considers the various challenges faced by the cotton industry. These include occupational illnesses such as byssinosis, or brown lung disease, which affects workers in cotton textile mills; the creation of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in 1970; the lobbying power of cotton; the impact of rise of the environmentalism; and urban sprawl.Less
This chapter considers the various challenges faced by the cotton industry. These include occupational illnesses such as byssinosis, or brown lung disease, which affects workers in cotton textile mills; the creation of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in 1970; the lobbying power of cotton; the impact of rise of the environmentalism; and urban sprawl.
