HISTORY OF SAFETY MANAGEMENT
The code of laws of Babylonian king Hammurabi (circa 2200 B.C.). Hammurabi prescribed punishment of overseers for injuries suffered by workers.
Code of Laws of Hammurabi 2200 BC King of Babylon (CONSTRUCTION LAW)
- If a builder built a house for a man and do not make its construction firm and the house which he has built collapse and cause death of the owner of the house - the builder shall put to death
- If it cause the death of the son of the owner of the house- they shall put to death a son of the builder
- If it cause the death of a wife of the owner of the house- he shall give the owner of house of wife of equal value
- If it cause the death of a slave of the owner of the house- he shall give the owner of house of slave of equal value
- If it destroy property, he shall restore whatever is destroyed, and because he did not make the house which he built firm and collapsed, he shall rebuilt the house which collapsed at his own expense
- If a builder built a house for a man and do not make its construction meet requirements and a wall fall in, that builder shall strength the wall at his own expense
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