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The article provides a comprehensive overview of the history of occupational health in Europe & the US as an area of political, economic, & medical concern. The author stresses the social & economic effects of the Industrial Revolution as well as the accompanying philosophical movements advocating humanization of the workplace & the formation of labor unions. Hence, both capitalist & progressive agendas in the 19th & 20th centuries produced the broad concern with the maintenance of a healthy workforce. The author examines a variety of contemporary literature on such matters as child labor, class-based health disparities, workers compensation, the labor movement, & the role of women in the workforce. He concludes by considering the future of occupational health, underscoring the necessity of continuing to address the issues of safety rights, work-related illnesses, environmental hazards, & social problems that affect mental as well as physical well-being. 1 Figure, 94 References. K. Coddon