Seguridad e higiene en el trabajo industrial en Vizcaya (1900-1936)

IBÁÑEZ ORTEGA, Norberto

Publication year:

2001

Publication place:

Donostia-San Sebastián

ISSN:

1136-6834

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Summary

The industrial development in Biscay meant a rise in the labour accident rate as well as in the risk of professional illnesses. The juridical normalization from the 1900 law could not prevent its progressive increase. This problem lay in both the lack of law observance by the employers and in the deficiencies in inspection. Apart from that, the difficulty in finding out about the origen of certain cases of sick leave, mainly when it was hernia, used to prevent workers from collecting insurance. Finally, hygienic deficiencies in workshops and the work pace eventually affected the workers? physical conditions.