A History of protection

Throughout history, the protection and condition movement has been impacted by legislation. In the following protection and condition chronology, fine events, individuals, and legislative action are set forth to illustrate the theme that the protection professional/practitioner is and has been a considerable part of those preventive experiences making up the story of life.

The antique Chinese (c 2,500 Bc) spread the risk of loss by placing 1/6 of their harvest on each of six boats traveling to the market.

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Hammurabi (c 2,000 Bc), ruler of Babylon, was responsible for the Code of Hammurabi, part of which bears resemblance to today's workers' payment laws.

Ancient Egyptians (as early as 1600 Bc) recognized the hazards of breathing the fumes produced by melting silver and gold.

Hippocrates (c 460-c 377 Bc), the father of contemporary medicine, established a link in the middle of the respiratory problems of Greek stonecutters and the rock dust surrounding them.

In antique Rome, the few slaves who survived the perilous task of ship launching were given their freedom.

In 1601, the first English statute on "assurance" (an earlier term for insurance) was enacted. This statute covered marine risks.

In 1667, the Great Fire of London (September 2-7, 4666), caused the first English fire guarnatee laws to be enacted.

In 1700, Bernardino Ramazzini, an Italian physician, published the first thesis attempting to prove the connections in the middle of vocation and disease.

In 1730, Benjamin Franklin organized the first fire-fighting enterprise in the United States as well as detecting lead poisoning symptoms with Dr. Evans.

In 1775, English doctors discovered that chimney sweeps, who were exposed to coal tar residues in their daily work, showed a higher incidence of cancer than did the normal population.

In 1792, the first hire to write marine and fire guarnatee was granted in the United States.

In 1812, the Embargo of the War of 1812 spurred the improvement of the New England textile industry and the founding of factory mutual companies. These early guarnatee fellowships inspected properties for hazards and recommend loss control and stoppage methods in order to get low rates for their policyholders.

In 1864, The Pennsylvania Mine protection Act (Pmsa) was passed into law.

In 1864, North America's first accident guarnatee policy was issued.

In 1867, the state of Massachusetts instituted the first government-sponsored factory inspection program.

In 1877, the state of Massachusetts passed a law requiring guarding for perilous machinery, and took authority for obligation of factory inspection programs.

In 1878, the first recorded call by a labor assosication for federal occupational protection and condition law is heard.

In 1896, an association to forestall fires and write codes and standards, the National Fire protection association (Nfpa), was founded.

In 1902, the state of Maryland passed the first workers' payment law.

In 1904, the first endeavor by a state government to force employers to compensate their employees for on-the-job injuries was overturned when the consummate Court declared Maryland's workers' payment law to be unconstitutional.

On March 21, 1911, in the Asch construction in New York City, nearly 150 women and young girls died in the Triangle Shirtwaist factory Fire because of locked fire exits and inadequate fire extinguishing systems. A major turning point in history, this fire changed regulation by the government and laws instituted to safe workers.

In 1911, a professional, technical assosication responsible for developing protection codes for boilers and elevators, the American community of Mechanical Engineers (Asme) was founded. A17 protection Code was published.

1911-1915, while this five-year period, 30 states passed workers' payment laws.

In October 14, 1911, the American community of protection Engineers (Asse) was founded in New York City. Originally named the United community of Casualty Inspectors. The Asse was dedicated to the improvement of accident stoppage techniques, and to the advancement of protection engineering as a profession.

California compel Commission, now known as the California public Utilities Commission, ws created by constitutional amendment to oversee rail safety, along with the protection of highway/rail crossings.

In 1912, a group of engineers representing guarnatee companies, industry, and government met in Milwaukee to exchange data on accident prevention. The assosication formed at this meeting was to come to be the National protection Council (Nsc). (Today, the Nsc carries on major protection campaigns for the normal public, as well as assists industry in the improvement of protection promotion programs.)

In 1916, the consummate Court upheld the constitutionality of state workers' payment laws.

In 1918, the American Standards association was founded. Responsible for the improvement of many voluntary protection standards, some of which are referenced into laws, today, it is now called the American National Standards develop [Ansi].

In 1931 the Uniform Traffic Code was established because of the growth in speed and volume of motor vehicle traffic and accidents. The code consists of four separate acts: motor vehicle registration, driver licensing, automobile anti-theft and uniform traffic regulations.

In 1936, Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor, called for a federal occupational protection and condition law. This action came a full 58 years after organized labor's first recorded invite for a law of this nature.

In 1936, the Walsh-Healey (Public Contracts) Act passed. This law required that all federal contracts be fulfilled in a corrective and safe working environment.

By 1948, all states (48 at the time) now had workers' payment laws.

In 1952, Coal Mine protection Act (Cmsa) was passed into law.

In 1960, exact protection standards were promulgated for the Walsh-Healey Act.

On Jan 3, 1961, an accident at an experimental nuclear reactor at a federal factory near Idaho Falls, Id kills three workers. These were the first deaths in U.S. Nuclear reactor operations.

In 1966, the Metal and Nonmetallic Mines protection Act (Mnmsa) was passed.

In 1966, the U.S. Group of transportation (Dot) and its sections, the National Highway Traffic protection supervision (Nhtsa) and the National transportation protection Board (Ntsb), were established.

In 1968, President Lyndon Johnson called for a federal occupational protection and condition law.

In 1969, the construction protection Act (Csa) was passed.

In 1969, the Board of Certified protection Professionals (Bcsp) was established. This assosication certifies practitioners in the protection profession.

In 1970, President Richard Nixon signed into law the Occupational protection and condition Act (Osha), thus creating the Osha supervision and the National develop for Occupational protection and condition (Niosh).

In 1970, on January 1, the National Environmental policy Act, (Nepa) was signed. This provided a national hire for protecting and improving the environment and created the Environmental protection Group (Epa).

On May 29, 1971, the firast Osha standards were adopted to supply a baseline for protection and condition protection in American workplaces.

In 1972, the Consumers stock protection Act (Cpsa) was signed into law.

In 1976, The resource Conservation and rescue Act (Rcra) passed and became the instrument by which the supervision of perilous waste is regulated.

In 1980, to address the issues of perilous waste management, the Pollution Liability guarnatee association (Plia) was formed.

Jan 16, 1981 Osha updates enterprise electrical standards to simplify compliance and adopt a doing approach.

1991 North Carolina Plant Fire kills 25 workers and 49 injured at the Imperial Chicken processing plant in settlement Nc. The employees were trapped inside due to padlocked doors meant to keep vandals away.

Sep 11, 2001, 2886 work related fatalities along with 537 rescue workers, resulted from terrorist attacks on the Ny City World Trade Center, at the Pentagon, an on the planes that crashed.

A History of protection