Limit search to available items
Record 7 of 33
Previous Record Next Record
Book Cover
E-book
Author Karmel, Jonathan D., 1955- author.

Title Dying to work : death and injury in the American workplace / Jonathan D. Karmel
Published Ithaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2017
©2017

Copies

Description 1 online resource (xii, 248 pages)
Contents America goes to work -- The torch that lighted up the industrial scene -- Keeping Americans safe at work -- Just the facts -- Stories -- What can we do? -- Are there really any accidents?
Summary In Dying to Work, Jonathan Karmel raises our awareness of unsafe working condidtions with accounts of workers who were needlessly injured or killed on the job. Based on heart-wrenching interviews Karmel conducted with injured workers and surviving ..
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 10, 2017)
Subject Industrial accidents -- United States
Industrial safety -- United States
Occupational mortality -- United States
Hazardous occupations -- United States
Industrial hygiene -- United States
Occupational diseases.
Accidents, Occupational
Occupational Injuries
Occupational Diseases
Occupational Health
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
LAW -- Labor & Employment.
Occupational diseases
Hazardous occupations
Industrial accidents
Industrial hygiene
Industrial safety
Occupational mortality
SUBJECT United States https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481
Subject United States
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2017023742
ISBN 9781501714382
1501714384
1501709984
9781501709982
1501735845
9781501735844