Safety and Health Movement: Lecture # 1
Safety and Health Movement: Lecture # 1
LECTURE # 1
The safety movement in the United States has developed
gradually since the early 1900s.
others.
This clause from the code illustrates Hammurabi’s concern
for the proper handling of injuries; for example, “If a man
has caused the loss of a gentleman’s eye, his own eye shall
be caused to be lost,”
MILESTONES IN THE SAFETY MOVEMENT
Failure minimization
Fail-safe designs
Isolation
Lockouts
Personal protective equipment
Timed replacements
For example, according to the Society of Manufacturing
Engineers, during world war 2, industry began to realize the
following:
Improved engineering could prevent accidents.
Employees were willing to learn and accept safety rules.
Safety rules could be established and enforced.
Financial savings from safety improvement could be
obtained by savings in compensation and medical bills.
With these realizations came the long-needed incentive for
employers to begin playing an active role in creating and
maintaining a safe workplace.
Early safety programs were based on the three E’s of
safety; engineering, education, and enforcement.
physicians,
psychologists,
counselors,
educators, and
dietitians.
NEW MATERIALS, NEW PROCESSES, AND
NEW PROBLEMS