2011
DOI: 10.1179/174581811x13063237706916
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Railway Accidents and NineteenthCentury Legislation: 'Misconduct, Want of Caution or Causes Beyond their Control?'

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“…Evidential issues are taken up by Harris et al., who revisit debates about morbidity between 1870 and 1914, reviewing the existing data while presenting new evidence from the records of the Hampshire Friendly Society. Similarly, Giles rejects historians' criticism of the 1897 Workmen's Compensation Act, in particular the argument that unlimited employer liability would have been more beneficial in terms of safety. Likewise, Gorsky, homing in on problems of interpretation, quantification, and data consistency, urges a more nuanced appraisal of the success of local health services in interwar England.…”
Section: –1945mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Evidential issues are taken up by Harris et al., who revisit debates about morbidity between 1870 and 1914, reviewing the existing data while presenting new evidence from the records of the Hampshire Friendly Society. Similarly, Giles rejects historians' criticism of the 1897 Workmen's Compensation Act, in particular the argument that unlimited employer liability would have been more beneficial in terms of safety. Likewise, Gorsky, homing in on problems of interpretation, quantification, and data consistency, urges a more nuanced appraisal of the success of local health services in interwar England.…”
Section: –1945mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Las empresas pretendieron imponer como principio que disponían de saberes expertos para organizar sus negocios y, en consecuencia, eludieron que las administraciones se inmiscuyeran en la toma de decisiones sobre la salud y las relaciones laborales. Al respecto, Bagwell (1982), Knox (2001), Harrington (2003), Aldrich (2006), Esbester (2006) y Giles (2011) revelan cómo la seguridad formaba parte de las decisiones meditadas de los directivos con el fin de limitar sus gastos de capital y costes de operación. Como parte de esta estrategia de ahorro, las compañías hicieron al ferroviario responsable del destino de los viajeros y, además, imputaron a la negligencia del trabajador las causas de las fatalidades, por incumplir las normas internas de la empresa (McKenna, 1980;Aldrich, 1993;Caron, 1997).…”
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