Workers' Comp Historical Videos

Here's an assortment of various workers' comp related videos, both for those geeks out there who can't get enough on the topic, as well as a solid historical learning and teaching tool.

Mark Catlin's private collection: 40+ clips and films posted to Google Video and You Tube

Monongah 1907 Mine Disaster: West Virginia USA (4 min), a clip from Davitt McAteer's 1985 25-minutes video Monongah 1907

New chemical standard requires employers' action by December (04/29/13)
Nanotechnology study offers new insight into exposure risks (04/15/13)
Researchers seek contractors to test low-cost solutions for silica exposure (04/29/13)
Manufacturers awarded for efforts to protect workers' hearing (04/15/13)
Study: Residential construction roofers at high risk of fatal falls (04/18/13)

Dr. Irving Selikoff: Pioneer Asbestos Disease Researcher (3 min), a clip from a memorial video from the International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers.

Worker Health and Safety during the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Cleanup in Alaska: 1989 (8 min)

Radon Hazards in Uranium Mining: 1960s (3 min), a clip from the United States Bureau of Mines film, Radiation Protection in Uranium Mines.

Denny Farm Hazardous Waste Site Cleanup: 1980 U.S. EPA (22 minutes), a film widely used in training conducted by the EPA in the early 1980s.

(All of these files come care of Mark Catlin.)

September 1, 2008

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