Mark the beginning of gov involvement in workplace safety Great Britain Health and Morals of Apprentices Act 1802

f Apprentices Act 1802 Early 19th

Health consequences of pollution during the Industrial Revolution

The wilderness in USA

Nature conservation

Wildlife protection USA Late 19th

Pollution Environmental organization Indus Drainage systems that led into brick-lined sewers in the town streets.

Natural history Ancient Babylonians Code of Hammurabbi Why?

Scientific organizations concerned
Biological aspects of conservation efforts Temples and pyramids
To investigate mining accidents Industrial medical service
Egyptian
Examine health hazards Created Bureau of Mines US Dept of Interior 1907 >3200 died in mining accidents Early 1900 Pyramid for workers Bathe daily
Development of HSE movement
Make recommendation for improvements Civilization Isolate the ill
To promote safety and health Aqueducts
Pressure for legislation Improvement of safety Compensation for workers in US 1908
Costs associated with accidents and injuries Sewerage systems

Romans Public baths

Latrines

Ventilated houses

Women and children labor

Public health and pollution

8000 deadths

500000 injured Lethal gases explosion Bhopal Tragedy 1984 Industrial Revolution
Birth defects Genetic mutation
Floating Topic
100 times greater than the Hiroshima bomb Ramazzini Discourse on the Diseases of Workers.

$12.8 billion economic cost 300 dead Pollution increased

Twice normal rate of birth defects Impacts Harmful working conditions/new risks and diseases
Tragedies
5-10 times higher Thyroid cancer Nuclear reactor disaster Chernobyl 1986 Capitalists employed women and young children

2-4 times higher Leukemia

27 cities and 2600 villages evacuated

25000 clean up workers died Until 1989 800000 men Clean up

Without notifying family Company burried the worker in nearby fields, dump in river Exposure to silica 3 miles tunnel construction in West Virgina Hawk's Nest Tragedy 1930

$970 million in clean up Nuclear reactor overheated nuclear meltdown 3 Miles Island Nuclear Plant 1979