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The Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire occurred on March 25, 1911. The incident left 146 workers dead, either by suffering terrible burns or jumping/falling to their death. These deaths were highly preventable; the lack of thought or care from the owners caused many more deaths than a normal fire.

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The factory owners Max Blanck and Isaac Harris were definitely not the best businessmen. Many considered the triangle factory the picture-perfect example of a sweatshop. They would actually cause semi-annual "accidental" fires in their factories by setting them on fire. This was done in order to receive additional money from insurance companies. The owners decided not to install fire safety such as sprinklers and alarms. They decided against fire safety because they felt it would be a waste if they were just going burn down the factory again.

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*The hallways were very narrow, making any orederly escape difficult.

*The factory building had four elevators, but only one was in working condition.

*There were two stairways, but one of them was always locked on both sides; making it inoperable. The second was unlocked, but could only be opened from the inside.

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*Most of the employees are teenage girls who weren't able to speak English.

*Sewing machines were lined up and each room was packed with little room to breathe.

*The girls had to work 12 hours a day and everyday of the week.

*Their wage was 15 dollars a week; no matter if they worked overtime.

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The fire had started on accident when one of the "rag bins" caught on fire from a nearby machine. The manager was able to get a fire extinguisher out, but the extinguisher was old and rusty; ultamatley ended up not working. By then the fire had already spread to a life threatning extent. Workers were panicking to escape, yet the only means of escape were a single elevator and one stair case. The elevator broke down after the fourth lift and the stairwell door was closed. Workers had either burned to death or jumped to death. Those on the upper floors above the fire were able to escape by crossing roofs to a different building.

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Editors, History.com. “Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 2 Dec. 2009, https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/triangle-shirtwaist-fire.

guy, guy. The Rana Plaza Accident and Its Aftermath, 21 Dec. 2017, https://www.ilo.org/global/topics/geip/WCMS_614394/lang--en/index.htm.

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The owners Blanck and Harris ended up escaping by crossing roofs.

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The owners ended up only paying $75 dollars as compensation to the families of the dead workers. While the insurures paid the owners $400 dollars for each employee lost.

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*600 people worked that day.

*49 people died burning or suffocating.

*36 died in the broken elevator.

*58 died by jumping onto the sidewalks.

*And 2 died by other injuries.

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At a mere 15 dollars a week, many workers were unsatisfied and went on strike. But unfortunately, the owners Blanck and Harris refused to budge and hired police to imprison strikers. Furthermore, they even bribed lawyers and politicians.

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Unfortunately, incidents like these still occur. In Bangladesh, the Dhaka garment factory collapsed in 2013. With 1,134 deaths and over 2,500 people injured, it was considered one of the most deadly "accidental" incidents in history. The collapse happened because of poor and neglected infrastructure of the 8-story building.