Test Bank Occupational Safety and Health for Technologists, 9th Edition David L. Goetsch A+

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The Code of Hammurabi, circa 2000 BC, contained clauses that could be interpreted as early attempts at workers' compensation.
 

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The Romans were cruel task masters who had no concern for occupational safety.
 

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The first recorded occupational safety program occurred in 1907 with the establishment of the Bureau of Mines.
 

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The first effective workers' compensation law in the United States was passed in 1911.
 

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OSHA was passed in 1970 in spite of strenuous efforts on the part of organized labor to prevent it.
 

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Organized labor in the United States worked hard to overturn anti-labor laws that inhibited safety in the workplace.
 

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Specific work-related health problems such as lung diseases in miners and mercury poisoning have contributed to advancing the safety movement in the United States.
 

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