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D M Berman

    International Journal of Health Services : Planning, Administration, Evaluation
    |January 1, 1978
    PubMed
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    Capital owners shifted industrial casualty costs to workers via private workers' compensation insurance and a corporate safety establishment. This system now dominates federal occupational safety policy, but faces new challenges from workers and unions.

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    Area of Science:

    • Occupational Health and Safety
    • Labor Economics
    • Public Policy

    Background:

    • The costs of industrial casualties in the United States have largely been transferred from capital owners to the working class and the public.
    • This transfer is facilitated by a privately owned workers' compensation insurance system and a corporate-dominated safety establishment.
    • This "compensation-safety establishment" has gained significant control over federal occupational safety regulations.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To analyze the mechanisms by which industrial casualty costs are externalized onto workers and the public.
    • To examine the role of the workers' compensation insurance system and the safety establishment in this process.
    • To identify the emergence of challenges to the established occupational health and safety policy.

    Main Methods:

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    • Historical analysis of the workers' compensation insurance system.
    • Examination of the influence of the corporate safety establishment on policy.
    • Review of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 and its implementation.
    • Analysis of recent labor and union challenges to occupational safety policy.

    Main Results:

    • Capital owners have successfully externalized the costs of industrial casualties.
    • A private workers' compensation insurance system and a corporate-dominated safety establishment control occupational safety policy.
    • The established system has co-opted much of the federal apparatus created by the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
    • Workers, unions, and allies are initiating challenges to this established hegemony.

    Conclusions:

    • The current system disproportionately burdens workers and the public with industrial casualty costs.
    • The corporate-dominated "compensation-safety establishment" exerts significant control over job health and safety policy.
    • There are emerging efforts by labor and allied groups to reclaim influence over occupational health and safety policy.
    • This represents a significant shift in the landscape of occupational safety advocacy.