The triangle factory fire was truly horrific but few laws and regulations were actually broken.
Why were the doors locked at the triangle shirtwaist factory.
Employees some as young as 14 worked 12 and a half hour days every day and made around six dollars per week according to afl cio.
The triangle factory workers were predominantly immigrant women.
Fire chief edward croker told the press that doors leading into the factory workplace appeared to be locked and that his men had to chop their way through doors to get at the fire.
Blanck and harris were accused of locking the secondary exits in order to stop employee theft and.
Shirtwaist making was a high risk job with low pay.
The nighst of labor failed because of strikes burnouts and in 1911 there was a fire at the triangle shirtwaist factory to encourgae labor union growth.
Working conditions were so bad that the women didn t even have access to a bathroom in the building and doors were locked so that they couldn t go outside and slow down production.
Max blanck did not want the girls walking out with the garments.
Many pointed fingers at new york city s building department blaming it for an inadequate inspection of the triangle shirtwaist factory.
Fire escape and fire doors were locked in a fire these should not be locked and they should be fitted with panic b.
All doors leading in or to any such factory shall be constructed as to open outwardly where practicable and shall not be locked bolted or fastened during working hours triangle shirtwaist company compliance.