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Subgroup 04: Safety and Compensation Department Records, 1901-1979

 Series
Identifier: Case Pullman 06/04

  • Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

Department, previously known as the Safety Department and the Bureau of safety and Compensation, was responsible for matters relating to job safety and the handling of employee injury compensation claims until 1957, when workmen’s compensation cases were transferred to the Law Department.

Administrative files dating primarily from the 1940’s through 1960’s, safety bulletins and posters, and injury claims records.

Dates

  • Creation: 1901-1979

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The Pullman Company records are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).

Medical records and records of disciplinary action are closed for a period of fifty years after the creation of the record. Such records may be disclosed only to the named individual or his legal representative. Application and service files that may contain medical and disciplinary information will be reviewed and records removed before the files are supplied to a researcher.

Personnel records less than fifty years old and not specified in (1) above are open for research with the user's written assurance that information from the records will be used for statistical or summary purposes only and that no specific names or individually identifiable information will be disclosed. Such information may be revealed only if the individual or his legal representative agrees to its release, or if the individual is deceased.

Photocopies of open personnel records less than fifty years old are supplied only for the researcher's personal use and may not be reproduced. All copies must be destroyed or returned upon completion of work.

Arrangement note

Arranged in three series: Administrative files, 1927-1968 (06/04/01); Safety bulletins, 1929-1954 (06/04/02); and Accident and injury claims records, 1901-1979 (06/04/03).

General Physical Description note

41 linear feet (2 boxes, 32 record cartons, and 18 volumes)

Repository Details

Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository

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