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| English Fire Insurance Laws Enacted in 1667 |
Today's post comes from guest author Kit Case, from Causey Law Firm.
| c2000, BC |
Hammurabi, ruler of Babylon, was responsible for the Code of Hammurabi, part of which bears resemblance to today's workers' compensation laws. |
| c460-c377, BC |
Hippocrates, the father of contemporary medicine, established .a link between the respiratory problems of Greek stonecutters and the rock dust surrounding them. |
| 1667 |
The Great Fire of London (September 2-7, 1666) caused the first English fire insurance laws to be enacted. |
| 1880 |
William Gladstone pushes Employers’ Liability Act in Britain |
| 1864 |
The Pennsylvania Mine Safety Act (PMSA) was passed into law. |
| 1871 |
Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg, (known as Otto von Bismarck, a Prussian statesman) enacts the Employers’ Liability Act. |
| 1877 |
The state of Massachusetts passed a law requiring guarding for dangerous machinery, and took authority for enforcement of factory inspection programs. |
| 1878 |
The first recorded call by a labor organization for a federal occupational safety and health law is heard. |
| 1884 |
Otto von Bismarck enacts Workers’ Accident Insurance |
| 1902 |
The state of Maryland passed the first workers' compensation law. |
| 1911 |
Industrial Insurance laws enacted in Washington State. |
| 1911 – 1915 |
During this period, 30 states passed workers' compensation laws. |
| 1968 |
President Lyndon Johnson called for a federal occupational safety and health law. |
| 1970 |
President Richard Nixon signed into law the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), thus creating the OSH Administration and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). |
| 1972 |
Self-Insurance for Workers' Compensation allowed for individual businesses in Washington State. |
| 2012 |
Compromise and Release Structured Settlement Agreements allowed for certain Washington State workers’ compensation claims that meet basic criteria. |
