Have you ever felt unwell whenever you were in a certain building but as soon as you stepped outside the feeling was resolved until you entered that building again? If yes, you may have experienced ‘sick building syndrome.’ Today we conclude our series on Occupational Safety and Health with a focus on the sick building syndrome. The Environmental Protection Agency of the United States of American states that sick building …
Can you imagine being part of a society fuelled by mass production and the factory system, and what the working conditions were during the Industrial Revolution? Imagine children from as young as four working up to twelve hours a day. Imagine Industrial revolution workers climbing under machinery, often resulting in loss of limbs, crushed, or decapitated. Imagine girls working at match factories developing phossy jaw from phosphorus fumes and children …