Posts Tagged ‘women’

100 Years of Workers Comp

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012

vintage photo of ambulance and injured worker
We’re happy to bring you this 12-minute, must-watch video commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Workers Comp. The video highlights progress in worker safety, treatment of injured workers and risk management in the past 100 years. In addition to telling the history of comp, it also features three visionary women who were instrumental in furthering health and safety of workers…one of whom witnessed the Triangle Shirtwaist fire. Until this clip, I did not realize the strong role that women played in this history.
Kudos go to Sedgwick as well as to our colleague and friend Peter Rousmaniere. who wrote the script.
Here’s some additional information about the women highlighted in the video clip:
Crystal Eastman
Frances Perkins
Alice Hamilton MD

Vintage safety clips – women in the workplace

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

In searching for some safety videos, we chanced upon these vintage clips about workplace safety for women and supervising women, which we pass along for your amusement and elucidation. We’re happy to note that in the ensuing years, there have been significant advances for both women and for safety!



The Trouble With Women (1959)

Fashionable vs. unfashionable workplace violence?

Friday, January 23rd, 2004

Workplace violence is the second leading cause of worker deaths – and the top cause among women. Is there “fashionable” and “unfashionable” workplace violence? Jordan Barab makes some strong points on this topic and the idea of profiling as a preventative measure:

“Instead of generating profit-making consultants, unfashionable workplace violence focused on boring issues like staffing levels in institutions, lockdrop safes and windows in retail establishments that left a clear view to the street, and locked doors and security guards for social service agencies. Instead of making money, these preventive measures cost money.

The problem with the fashionable workplace violence, is that it was largely a myth. So-called “worker-on-worker” or “internecine” violence never amounted more than about 7% of all workplace violence, even though it received close to 97% of the press.”

more on workplace violence at Confined Space