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Historical Events

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HISTORY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

• http://www.dol.gov/asp/programs/history/main.htm

CHRONOLOGIC HISTORY OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE

• Chronologic History of Occupational Medicine.pdf

NEW LONDON SCHOOL EXPLOSION

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_London_School_explosion
• http://www.newlondonschool.org/

PHILLIPS 66 EXPLOSION

• http://www.acusafe.com/Newsletter/Stories/0500News-Phillips.htm
• http://www.phillips66.com/

TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FIRE

• http://www.csun.edu/~ghy7463/mw2.html
• http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire/

GAULEY BRIDGE DISASTER

• http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvhs122.html

VINYL CHLORIDE

• Bill Moyer's PBS special "Trade Secrets": http://www.pbs.org/tradesecrets/transcript.html
• Industry Response: http://abouttradesecrets.org/

Johnson Controls Decision

• http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/89-1215.ZS.html

Benzene Decision

• http://www.jstor.org/stable/2683839
• http://people.hofstra.edu/vern_r_walker/health_and_safety_course/Benzene.htm

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2012 Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
University of Washington

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