Citation

Punzi S. G. Ital. Med. Lav. Ergon. 2012; 34(3 Suppl): 777-779.

Vernacular Title

Crespi d'Adda: i rischi psicosociali in un villaggio operaio di fine '800.

Affiliation

Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e di Comunità, Università degli Studi di Milano, via San Barnaba 8, 20122 Milano. silvia.punzi@unimi.it

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, PI-ME Editrice)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

23405777

Abstract

Crespi d'Adda is a late 19th century company town established around a textile factory by Cristoforo Benigno Crespi and his son Silvio. It was an ideal model of company residency being a self-sufficient microcosm equipped with all the services needed by a community where the life of workers and their families was revolving around the factory and the working requirements. It was the expression of philanthropic and patronizing enlightened entrepreneurs at that time, committed in protecting workers' life inside and outside the factory, resulting into a more affectionate and productive manpower. Silvio Benigno Crespi developed an extensive activity to improve working conditions, with special reference to accident prevention and work-related diseases, as well as night work in factories, weekly day off, reduction of working hours: we can say that in some ways he was concerned also with psychosocial risks.

Language: it