Workplace Safety

As the recent Pennsylvania mine disaster demonstrated, mining is a dangerous occupation. But it's not the only one. Safety is becoming an increasingly important workplace issue.

  • What are the dangers facing miners?
  • What dangers face workers in other occupations?
  • How is workplace safety regulated?
  • How can occupational dangers be avoided?
  • Why is violence becoming an increasingly important workplace safety issue?
  • How can workplace violence be prevented?

The following books are completely free to read in their entirety from August 9, 2002, through August 16, 2002, with a free trial account.

Mine Safety
  Regulating Danger: The Struggle for Mine Safety in the Rocky Mountain Coal Industry
       by James Whiteside
  Dying for Coal: The Struggle for Health and Safety Conditions in American Coal Mining, 1930-82
       by Michael Wallace, in Social Forces

Workplace Safety
  Regulating Workplace Safety: System and Sanctions
       by Neil Gunningham & Richard Johnstone

Violence as a Workspace Safety Issue
  Profiling the Lethal Employee: Case Studies of Violence in the Workplace
       by Michael D. Kelleher
  Stalking, Harassment, and Murder in the Workplace: Guidelines for Protection and Prevention
       by Bernadette H. Schell & Nellie M. Lanteigne
  New Arenas for Violence: Homicide in the American Workplace
       by Michael D. Kelleher

 

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