SOLUTION 2022
Who is the "father of occupational medicine"? - Ramazzini
Who is the matriarch of occupational medicine? - Hamilton
What is Hamilton best known for investigating? - CO2 poisoning in steel workers
Who was the 1st industrial RN in England? - Flowerday
Who was considered as the 1st industrial RN in the US? - Stewart
What decade was the OSH Act passed? - 1970's
What is AAIN & when did it start? - Am Assoc of Industrial Nurses in 1922
Who was the 1st president of AAIN & when? - Dempsey, 1944
What yr & how many men died in the worst coal mine disaster in US hx? - 1907. 362
men/boys
What act created the Bureau of Mines? - Organic Act of 1910
What act was the precurser of the OSHA Act of 1970? - The Coal Mine Safety & Health Act of
'69
What yr & how many people died in the worst construction disaster in US hx? Where? - 1978
& 51 died. Pleasants Power Station in West Va
What yr & where was the worst nuclear disaster of all time? - 1986. Chernobyl Nuclear
Facility, Ukraine
How many people died in Chernobyl? - over 100,000 people
When was the 1st factory inspection, and where? - 1867. Massachusetts
When was the 1st WC law passed and where? - 1911. Wisconsin
What is this from: "to assure so far as possible every working man & woman in the nation safe
& healthful working conditions"? - OSH Act
What types of hazards are these? "agents & forces inherent to nature of a work environment or
process that may cause tissue damage or other physical harm"; including
heat/cold/vibration/radiation - Physical hazards
When was the hearing Conservation created? - 1981