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Appendix C Significant Events in the History of Occupational Safety and Health
Pages 236-240

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... 1888 Betty Moulder of Pennsylvania works with coal miners. 1895 Vermont Marble Company initiates Industrial Nursing Service with Ada Mayo Stewart as the industrial nurse.
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... A professional, technical organization, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, responsible for developing safety codes for boilers and elevators, is founded. National Organization for Public Health Nursing is formed.
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... 1946 1948 1950 1955 -r American Public Health Association Committee on Administrative Practice appoints a subcommittee on accident prevention; the subcommittee reports accident prevention programs in six state and two local health departments. The American Academy of Occupational Medicine is founded.
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... Specific safety standards are promulgated for the Walsh-Healey Act. American Public Health Association publishes Accident Prevention: The Role of Physician and Public Health Workers.
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... 1988 The American Academy of Occupational Medicine and the American Occupational Medical Association merge to become the American College of Occupational Medicine. Occupational Safety and Health Administration hires its first occupational health nurse.


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