Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire

?” Once the inferno of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory was extinguished and the bodies were counted, the involved parties, including the fire department, owners, and builders, likely thought this as well. In the non-fictional excerpt of Flesh and Blood So Cheap, Marrin utilizes explicit details to make his ideas clear, and implicit details to imply failures in safety standards. Using these techniques, Marrin illustrates the tragedy of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory that resulted from unsafe…

During the industrial revolution American factories and workplaces experienced tremendous growth. This growth caused business to focus on large scale productions. While this large scale production increased and the profits for the employer it also increased the poor working conditions and job dangers for the employees. In 1892 the unionized miners at the Coeur d’Alene mines in Idaho went on strike. Some miners were being paid full miners wages while the car men were being paid less. The miners…

The themes I chose to write about this time is chain of command, the maltese cross, and lessons we’ve learned from big fires in history. I chose these themes because i think they are important to modern fire services and in the past. Without these strategies, rules, and events, todays fire service would not be as good as it is. The “Chain of command” is structure of division of labor. It is dividing workers into certain jobs and duties they need to do for a specific scenario. This also connected…

Nuclear power provides clean, safe, and efficient energy, but a very similar negligence that resulted in the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire caused the malfunctioning of a nuclear reactor in Fukushima, Japan and resulted in the irradiation of entire cities, as opposed to the burning of a single building. Nuclear weapons punctuated the end of World War II with the bombing of…

day, by the end of the day workers would be fatigued which would make working conditions unsafe. Then having to come back to work a few hours later. The Triangle…

worked in overcrowded, unsafe factories and sweatshops. Conditions in these places were horrendous, even though some changes were made during the Great Strike of 1909-1910. Originating in 3 factories, the Great Strike eventually expanded to encompass 20,000 workers, predominantly Jewish, and 300 factories. The strikers called for a 52-hour work week, pay for working overtime, and for recognition of their union by the factory owners. The strike ended after the factories made settlements with the…

After the end of the Industrial Revolution in the late 1800s, the new era brought new problems that desperately needed solutions. The progressive reforms made in the late 1800s and early 1900s forever impacted the United States. Some of the biggest progressive reforms were made in the women’s rights movement and the child labor movement. Arguably, the biggest reforms of the progressive era are the reforms made in the women’s rights movement. Before people starting making these dynamic…

of the Factory Safety Regulations, which limited working hours for workers and especially women. The regulations also brought about compensation for workers for injuries caused during their duties at work. Most states passed these laws as well as others like factory inspection laws, workers compensation and laws on minimum age of…

The Industrial Revolutions changed how people lived and how everyday goods were made. These revolutions also made innovations that are important to our modern world, such as the telephone, the battery, and the airplane. Although many beneficial technological advancements were made during the Industrial Revolutions, they had detrimental effects on the environment and people’s health; child labor also grew popular and work conditions and agreements were often very poor. The Industrial…

Did you know fire extinguishers were made in the 1818’s? So why did the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory not come with any? The owners and building constructors were not very prepared with all the safety regulations. This is because all the workers were in danger every day they worked. Not all of them could have gotten out of the building in case of an emergency. In the text Flesh and Blood So Cheap by Albert Marrin, there is many explicit and implicit evidence. This evidence proves there was a lack…