Blackout from the perspective of occupational health and safety

Part I. Blackout from the perspective of occupational health and safety

Abstract

Each historical period has its own challenges, and the diversity of life requires many new solutions and a certain degree of adaptation from societies. The regulation of co-existence and community life is still a matter for centralised control, but it was also the case in the past. The escalation of a crisis and its political dimension, such as the pandemic of the 21^st century or the world war of the 20^th century, have presented both society and its members with choices. Reconciling security and community life is an interesting issue, even from this perspective. In this article, I will trace the methods of blackout used before and during the Second Word War and analyse the measures and solutions adopted, with the aim of bringing the reader closer to the problems of the period and the solutions that shows how lighting and its equipment and conditions of use were adapted to meet the contradictory rules of security and safety. In three separate articles you can read the ways in which lighting technology has been put into the service of blackout, and how it affected the occupational safety.