Occupational health and safety at factories in the Prioksky mining district in 1920-1935: from public initiatives to state regulation

The study reveals the conditions and features of the establishment of the occupational health and safety system at the factories of the Prioksky mining district in connection with the transition to accelerated industrial development of the country. It caused the need to establish unity of public and government efforts in this direction. The research urgency is determined by the lack of historical studies on this issue, as well as the occupational health and safety system reform today. The paper examines the interdepartmental commissions activities aimed to struggle with industrial injuries and losses when developing projects for reforming the occupational health and safety system. The research is connected with the processes of social and economic development of society. It is based on the materials of the Central Archives of the Nizhny Novgorod Region. The author reveals the main features of the creation of a new occupational health and safety system in one of the most important industrial areas of Central Russia. The data on the projects of reforming the occupational health and safety system and their practical implementation are introduced into scientific operation as well.