Triangle Shirt Waist Fire

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

The Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire was an event which held extreme relevance in American history . On March 25 , 1911 , a fire broke out in the company 's factory located in New York . The incident claimed the lives of more than a hundred workers , most of which were teenage women Hence , it was considered as the most tragic fire incident in New York However , the relevance of the event was not due to the number of casualties . The relevance of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire was grounded on the safety

and labor reforms that followed tragedy

The tragedy occurred due to the poor and unsafe working environment in the factory . The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory was located on the ten-storey Asch Building in Manhattan 's Lower East Side and operated on the top three floors (Van Horn Schaffner , 2003 . The working area of the factory was cramped . More than 500 employees worked on the factory 's three floors . On the ninth floor , there were 288 machines and 310 employees . The machinery took up much of the space and served as a hindrance to the movement of workers . The investigation report revealed that the greatest number of casualties occurred in the ninth floor Also , the working area was unclean . Because it was a garment factory there were pieces of cloth scattered on the floor . This mess was the cause of the fire according to Fire Marshall William Beers , the fire started on the eighth floor when a male worker disposed...