Public works programs incidence

Early detection of unsafe and/or unhealthy working conditions and prompt correction of related hazards are major elements in the public OSH program. Correction at the lowest possible level is an essential element of incident prevention. For some specific risks, governments can rely on conformity assessment provided by private bodies too. 

Since cancer of the scrotum in chimney sweeps was described in 1775, the incidence of work-related carcinogenesis (cancer-causing) has increased. One of the first to proclaim the relationship between certain industrial substances and cancer in workers exposed to toxic materials was Joseph Schereschewsky. In 1925, he completed a statistical review of the increase in cancer mortality over a 20-year period, and in 1927, advised the U.S. Public Health Service on a program of cancer research. Research in occupational cancer was among four recommendations submitted by a corrmiittee of investigators. 

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