Important Events in Workplace Safety
June 13, 2019
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More information on the 1906 survey of workers conditions:
The first systematic investigation of occupational accidents was performed by Crystal Eastman. In her one-year survey of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, she revealed that 536 men were killed by work accidents.
Original image from 1906 survey. Each red x stands for a man killed at work or as the direct result of an injury received in the course of their work.
