Question

In the article, "The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire", you learn about how past events can shape present-day legislation. What lessons from the Triangle Fire in 1911 prevented a similar tragedy in the Tyson Plant fire in 1991?

Answer 1

The Triangle shirtwaist factory fired led to legislation requiring improved factory safety standars and helped spur the growth of the international garment workers union, wich fought for better working conditions for people.  

The reason of the fire in this factory was latter asumed by the mounds of shirt scrap under the working tables that catch on fire and above all the exit doors were closed, not allowing the working people to get out, diying from axfixation or because they jumped out of Windows.

Also the New York state Legislature created a Factory Investigation comisión to investigate the conditions in all the country and how to report measurements of legislation to prevent this kind of tragedy or unsanitary contition and ocupational diseases.

Sadly this legislation didn´t put anything on perspective because on September 3 of 1991 The Hamlet chicken processing plant was catch on fire because a Hidraulic line had a failure, sadly once again, the destinated fire doors were locked, leaving people trapped inside,  investigators think that a safety inspection had prevented the disaster.

As a result, the federal goverment took a huge step on the worket safety laws, that now are applied on the USA.

Answer 2

The Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire was one of the deadliest labour accidents in the history of the USA.  The fire set out in the garment factory of the  Triangle Waist Company which was located in the Asch Building in lower Manhattan, killed around 146 workers, in which most of them were women and/ or immigrants. The poor construction and evacuation facilities of the building made the incident tragic. The building had only one fire exit. The long tables and the giant machines made it difficult for the workers to get out of the building without harm. This tragedy led to a series of events which resulted in reforms in regards to the safety at workplace. The occupational safety regulations taken seriously after the incident. These regulations further helped to prevent similar tragedies like one in the Tyson Plant fire in 1991.