History of occupational health and safety in the U.S. from the Industrial Revolution to the 1970s

Question- Studs Terkel narrates this history of occupational health and safety in the U.S. from the Industrial Revolution to the 1970s, which OSHA released in 1980. Rare archival footage and photos illustrate the problems behind dramatic tragedies as well as the daily dangers that put workers at risk for long-term health problems. This is one of three films produced and distributed by OSHA during the administration of Dr. Eula Bingham - Can't Take No More; Worker to Worker; and OSHA. Then in 1981, the new head of OSHA, under the Reagan Administration, Thorne Auchter recalled most copies, and they disappeared.

  1. View the video “Can’t Take No More,”
  2. https://youtu.be/13gzGkQtVzg
  3. Read the textbook Chapters 1, 2 and 3
  4. Use the course Rubric for Writing Assignments as your writing instruction guide.
    • After reading the textbook chapters 1, 2, and 3, and the viewing the film/video “Can’t Take No More,” answer the following:
    • Considering the past United States occupational history of safety, explain what is different today in the occupational safety and health movement, accident frequency rate, and theories of accident causation?