Crisis in the workplace : occupational disease and injury
MIT Press - Cambridge
1982
589 p.
agricultural sector ; economic impact ; European Union ; legislation ; literature survey ; occupational safety and health ; report ; safety and health organization ; safety and health personnel ; safety and health training ; SME ; workers' compensation
Occupational accidents and diseases
English
Bibliogr.;Charts
0-262-01045-3
13.04.3-22154
This book is the report to the Ford Foundation on a 2-year analysis of the technical, legal, political and economic problems of occupational health and safety (OSH) in the USA. After an extensive summary and introduction, contents are: nature and dimensions of OSH problems; 4 chapters devoted to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Act, 1970; workmen's compensation; manpower problems in OSH; key activities in the private sector; relevance of Western European and British experience for the USA; agricultural workers; the design of policy. Appendices: text of the Act of 1970; select bibliography on American and foreign experience. Alphabetical index.
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