Work Accidents and the Law (1910)

Work Accidents and the Law (1910) is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, dedicated 2008.

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The pioneering study of industrial conditions in Allegheny County by Crystal Eastman documented 526 workplace deaths in one year. A component of the land-mark Pittsburgh Survey, it led to industrial accident prevention programs and workers' compensation laws.

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1872 · Allegheny, Washington, Greene counties. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1873 · Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall counties. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1993 · Pittsburgh West, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1997 · Pittsburg West, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1997 · Pittsburgh West, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Allegheny, Washington, Greene counties, 1872, covering the location of Work Accidents and the Law (1910), with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Allegheny, Washington, Greene counties, 1872, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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