Series 3, Subseries 4. Occupational safety, occupational diseases and occupational accidents, 1909-1942. [microform]

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Series 3, Subseries 4. Occupational safety, occupational diseases and occupational accidents, 1909-1942. [microform]

Include documentation of the Association's efforts to standardize accident reporting forms; research materials on occupational accidents and occupational diseases; data on case studies dealing with phosphorus poisoning, lead poisoning, anthrax, and silicosis; data on occupational safety regulations, especially coal mine regulations; other occupational safety issues, including data on physical examinations of workers; the Association's survey of state mine inspection bureaus (1937), and drafts of a federal mine inspection bill.

.5 linear ft. (on 1 microfilm reel)

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Cornell University Library

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American Association for Labor Legislation

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In 1905 a small group of economists formed the American Association for Labor Legislation. The group's initial purpose was the study of labor conditions and labor legislation in the United States. By 1909, however, under the leadership of John Andrews, this "study" group took an activist turn and began actively promoting, lobbying for, and effecting major changes in worker's compensation, occupational health and safety, and child labor laws. The legislative program of the AALL is defined and tra...