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Factory Injuries and Progressive Reform

Year: 2004

Type: article

Abstract: In 1907,the popular author Arthur B.Reeve wrote, “To unprecedentedprosperity . . . there is a seamyside of which little is said. Thou-sands of wage earners, men,women, and children, [are]caught in the machinery of ourrecord breaking production andturned out cripples. . . . Otherthousands [are] killed outright. . . .How many there [are] none cansay exactly for we [are] too busymaking our record breaking pro-duction to count the dead.”

Source: American Journal of Public Health

DOI: 10.2105/ajph.94.4.540

Authors: Elizabeth Fee, Theodore M. Brown

Institutions: National Institutes of Health, United States National Library of Medicine, University of Rochester Medicine, University of Rochester

Language: English

Topic: Occupational Health and Safety in Workplaces

Subfield: Occupational Therapy

Field: Health Professions

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2089584267

FWCI: 2.308

Cites: 4

Cited by: 2

Related to: 10