The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory by Alyssa Payne https://padlet.com/1005645/j4p1l6q97km7 The burning of the Triangle Factory en-us 2016-08-30 17:59:39 UTC 2025-11-07 01:27:29 UTC hello@padlet.com On March 25, 1911,The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory set on fire. 1005645 https://padlet.com/1005645/j4p1l6q97km7/wish/120882909 2016-08-31 16:35:46 UTC https://padlet.com/1005645/j4p1l6q97km7/wish/120882909 Victims that jumped from the upper windows. 1005645 https://padlet.com/1005645/j4p1l6q97km7/wish/120883821 2016-08-31 16:38:25 UTC https://padlet.com/1005645/j4p1l6q97km7/wish/120883821 The only fire escape that broke down during the fire. 1005645 https://padlet.com/1005645/j4p1l6q97km7/wish/120897110 2016-08-31 17:15:25 UTC https://padlet.com/1005645/j4p1l6q97km7/wish/120897110 March 25, 1911 1005645 https://padlet.com/1005645/j4p1l6q97km7/wish/144364488 The day of the most infamous incidents in American industrial history was the day the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire happened in New York.  123 Young woman died and 23 young men died, these deaths could have been prevented, but by the 

inattentive acts of the owners prohibited the workers to get out of the burning building safely. Since the owners locked the doors to the stairwells and exits, to prevent theft and unwanted breaks, this careless act led to workers jumping from the high windows, plunging to their death.

]]> 2016-12-19 18:20:23 UTC https://padlet.com/1005645/j4p1l6q97km7/wish/144364488 The Aftermath 1005645 https://padlet.com/1005645/j4p1l6q97km7/wish/144367791 After this incident safety codes were made to keep workers safe. Some of these laws were :

 1. Registration of factories.

2. Physical examination of children before employment certificate is issued.

3. Fire drills.

4. Automatic sprinklers.

5. Fire prevention; removal of rubbish; fire-proof receptacles for waste material; protection of gas jets; prohibition of smoking in factories.

6. Prohibition of the eating of lunch in rooms where poisonous substances are prepared or generated in the process of manufacture; adequate hot and cold washing facilities for such establishments.

7. Employment prohibited of women within four weeks after child-birth.

8. Summary power of Commissioner of Labor over unclean and unsanitary factories.]]> 2016-12-19 18:35:10 UTC https://padlet.com/1005645/j4p1l6q97km7/wish/144367791 Strike 1005645 https://padlet.com/1005645/j4p1l6q97km7/wish/144369102 After the burning, the people went on a strike to improve safety laws in the workplace.]]> 2016-12-19 18:41:28 UTC https://padlet.com/1005645/j4p1l6q97km7/wish/144369102 1005645 https://padlet.com/1005645/j4p1l6q97km7/wish/144369541 There became no smoking in the workplace laws also.]]> 2016-12-19 18:43:34 UTC https://padlet.com/1005645/j4p1l6q97km7/wish/144369541