Title :
Achieving employee safety-lessons from the railroad
Author_Institution :
Dept. of History, Connecticut Univ., Stamford, CT, USA
Abstract :
The history of the first comprehensive employee railroad safety law in 1893 is discussed. Some of the occupational hazards that existed on both steamboats and railroads. and the economic concerns of management, are examined. The problem posed by inadequate freight train brakes, the development of air brakes, and the provisions of the legislation ultimately passed by Congress are discussed.<>
Keywords :
economic and sociologic effects; employment; history; safety; air brakes; economic concerns; employee railroad safety law; employee safety; history; inadequate freight train brakes; legislation; occupational hazards; Accidents; Boilers; Explosions; Government; History; Lesions; Power generation economics; Protection; Railway safety; Springs;
Journal_Title :
Technology and Society Magazine, IEEE
