Labor Protection (6 results)

First Edition. Very good library copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Hinges starting. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; xix, 592 pages illustrations, diagram 24 cm. Notes; "Section III-Education and training, F.J. Kelly, PH. D., chairman. Committee on vocational guidance and child labor, Anne S. Davis, chairman."p. [iii]. Includes bibliographical references (pages 537-550). Subjects; Child labor United States. Children Law and legislation United States. Child Welfare. Child labor. Children Legal status, laws, etc. United States. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Very good library copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Hinges starting. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; xix, 592 pages illustrations, diagram 24 cm. Notes; "Section III-Education and training, F.J. Kelly, PH. D., chairman. Committee on vocational guidance and child labor, Anne S. Davis, chairman."p. [iii]. Includes bibliographical references (pages 537-550). Subjects; Child labor United States. Children Law and legislation United States. Child Welfare. Child labor. Children Legal status, laws, etc. United States. 1 Kg.…

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Mine inspection and safety archive of six booklets dating from 1893 through World War I, documenting evolving labor practices and safety standards in the mining industry. Mine safety practices expanded rapidly after lethal mining disasters and labor conflicts of the late nineteenth century forced government intervention in regulating ventilation, machinery, explosives, compensation liability, and emergency medical response. This six-item group preserves that transition across multiple jurisdictions and administrative levels. The materials document the dangerous conditions that lead to the founding of the United Mine Workers of America, including an 1893 inspection report with a "tabulated list of fatal accidents" from Michigan iron mining operations, and Pennsylvania's 1893 Bituminous Coal Mines act, which codified requirements for safety catches, signaling apparatus, and shaft protection. By the 1910s the regulatory framework had broadened into compensation systems and standardized industrial enforcement: materials from California's Industrial Accident Commission, the Pennsylvania Bituminous Mutual Association, the Pennsylvania Department of Mines, and the Federal Bureau of Mines detail ventilation and sanitation standards, worker's compensation insurance, and first-aid instruction for mine workers covering gas poisoning, fractures, hemorrhage control, burns, rescue transport, and artificial respiration. The materials span nearly 30 years, from the early days of the United Mine Workers of America to the rapidly expanding demand for coal during WWI, documenting the evolution of safety practices and federal regulation demanded by workers in this dangerous industry. Six mining safety and regulation publications issued between 1893 and 1922, covering Michigan, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, California, and federal Bureau of Mines administration. [1] Boss, Clarence M. Annual Report of the Inspector of Mines of Gogebic County, Mich. Ironwood, Mich.: The American Citizen Print, 1893. Issued for the year ending September 1, 1893, during the peak development of Michigan's Gogebic iron range. The report opens with a "Scene on Ninth Level of the Colby Mine" and includes tables covering producing mines, ore tonnage, underground and surface employment, fatal accidents, and accident classifications. The descriptive section recounts flooded shafts, underground development delays, pumping operations, and reduced production after the collapse of ore prices in 1893. [2] An Act Relating to the Bituminous Coal Mines of Pennsylvania, and Providing for the Lives, Health, Safety and Welfare of Persons Employed Therein. Scranton, Pa.: The Colliery Engineer Co., 1893. Pennsylvania's comprehensive post-disaster mining law requiring detailed underground survey maps, ventilation systems, shaft signaling apparatus, safety catches, and approved hoisting machinery. Article I mandates mine maps showing excavations, openings, air currents, and adjoining coal lands, while Article III specifies requirements for shaft communication tubes, overhead cage protection, brakes, and safety gates. Issued in the same decade as the Mammoth Mine and Twin Shaft disasters that intensified pressure for stricter state oversight of coal operations. [3] Annual Report of the United States Mine Inspector for the Territory of New Mexico to the Secretary of the Interior for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1903. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1903. Submitted by United States Mine Inspector Jo E. Sheridan to Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock. The contents include county-by-county reports on coal mines in Colfax, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Santa Fe, San Juan, San Miguel, and Socorro Counties, together with "Prices paid for labor," "List of fatal accidents," "Coroner's inquests," and "United States laws governing the working of coal mines in the Territories." Sheridan's opening report discusses railroad fuel demand, competition with California fuel oil, and expansion of coal production across Arizona and New Mexico. [4] Mine Safety Rules. Sacramento: California State Printing Office, 1915. Effective January 1, 1916. Issued by the Industrial Accident Commission of the State of California under the Workmen's Compensation, Insurance and Safety Act. The prefatory material names representatives of the California Metal Producers' Association, Amador County Miners' Union No. 135, Grass Valley Miners' Union No. 90, Randsburg Miners' Union No. 44, and the United States Bureau of Mines who drafted the rules. The contents cover ventilation, sanitation, women and children in mines, explosives storage, electrical equipment, shaft protection, ladders, abandoned shafts, signaling systems, hoisting regulations, and accident reporting requirements. [5] Pennsylvania Bituminous Coal Mine Compensation Rating Schedule, 1919. Huntington, Pa.: Pennsylvania Bituminous Mutual Association, November 1, 1918. Prepared for use in workers' compensation insurance administration after the adoption of state compensation laws. The schedule divides coal mines into "nine classes or groups" coordinated with accident statistics from the Federal Bureau of Mines and the Pennsylvania Department of Mines. Sections address catastrophe elimination, valuation losses, electrical hazards, ventilation, hoisting ropes, explosives, safety catches, sanitation, and experience-based premium calculations. An "Appeals" notice grants operators hearings before the Committee on Coal Mine Schedule Rating and directs correspondence to Harrisburg and the Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner. [6] Manual of First Aid Instruction for Miners. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1922. Issued by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, under Director H. Foster Bain and revised by R. R. Sayers of the United States Public Health Service. The contents include carbon monoxide poisoning, electric shock, fractures, burns, hemorrhage control, stretcher transport, splints, artificial respiration m.…

First Edition. Women and Young Persons (Employment in Lead Processes). London: House of Commons, 1920. First Edition. 12.75" x 8" inches. This bill bars the employment of women and children from working in certain processes of lead manufacturing. It was presented by Sir John Baird and its provisions were outlined by the International Labour Organization of the recently established League of Nations. The effect of lead on fertility and the developing bodies of young people has been recognized as toxic since classical antiquity, but it took until 1920 for it to be codified in the UK. This is undoubtedly because lead was a hugely popular ingredient in many industrial processes, because of its malleability and use in constructing various metal alloys. Very good condition.…

Parliament of Great Britain, Factory Acts relating to textile and bleaching industries, 1860 to 1862, documenting the legislative regulation of women's and children's labor during a period of industrial expansion and intensifying public scrutiny of factory conditions. The material documents industrial labor regulation through statutory law governing textile production and chemical processing, revealing how Parliament imposed limits on working environments and hours, and providing primary-source evidence for the study of gendered labor, child labor, and the development of workplace protections in nineteenth-century Britain. These legislation informed later labor reforms in the United States, including workplace safety standards and hour restrictions. Three printed Acts comprising the Bleach and Dye Works Act (1860), the Lace Factories Act (1861), and an 1862 Act extending regulatory authority to outdoor bleaching operations. Together totaling 12 pages, the documents outline specific provisions governing labor conditions, including oversight of workplaces where women and children were employed in bleaching, dyeing, and lace manufacturing. The 1860 Act addresses chemical processing environments associated with bleaching and dye works, while the 1861 Act applies similar regulatory frameworks to lace factories, an industry heavily reliant on female labor. The 1862 extension broadens enforcement beyond enclosed factory interiors to include outdoor industrial spaces, indicating an expansion in the legal definition of regulated labor environments. The texts present formal legislative language establishing inspection, compliance, and operational limitations within these industries. These Acts form part of the broader nineteenth-century Factory Acts framework through which the British government incrementally formalized labor protections in response to industrialization's social and public health consequences. Their focus on women and children reflects early governmental recognition of vulnerability within industrial labor hierarchies and contributes to research on the gendered structuring of work. The extension of oversight to outdoor bleaching fields marks a shift in regulatory scope, demonstrating how industrial labor systems were redefined in legal terms.Light handling wear, pages clean and stable; overall very good condition. A concise and coherent legislative grouping illustrating the expansion of state intervention in industrial labor conditions.…