Working Conditions In The 1800s

Water pollution before the Gilden Age greatly impacted public health, but it was often ignored until progressives pushed for change. Sewage was the biggest factor in water pollution, and it “was primarily a public health problem, but it also damaged private property, recreation and fisheries”. The lack of waste disposal caused many people to be infected with diseases which led to progressive policies being formed to fix the issue of water pollution. In 1899, The Rivers and Harbor Act was passed which prohibited the discharge of waste into navigable waters, and the sanitation of water greatly improved after epidemiologists found the negative effects of waste disposal. The improvement of the sanitation of water impacted public health by decreasing deadly outbreaks of diseases like cholera.

Some believe it could have been because of a cigarette that was thrown close to some flammable, a machine, or even a faculty in electricity. The outcome of this horrible disaster caused 146 deaths. Within the eighteen minutes it lasted, all of these workers tried to save their lives by trying to escape in different ways. Some tried using one out of the four elevators

The factory having limited exits routes and no sprinkler system is a real danger. If there is to be a fire it would be more likely to spread due to no sprinkler system. The workers would also be crammed to get get out due to few exits and having an overcapacity of workers. Having bad lightly and poor air circulation causes workers to do a worse job. Having too many workers at time can make it hard to work since you have no room.

The factories were also not heated or cooled so the workers would get very hot or very cold. Back then there were no laws to protect the lives of the workers and most of the time the factory owners cared meore about the making of money than the employies which also didn’t help with the saftey issues. There were

The American workplace before the Progressive Era was an abysmal and dangerous environment. Safety measures that, today, we would think of as obvious were not mandatory before the reforms began. After major disasters like the Triangle Factory fire, in which over a hundred women were killed, reforms were put into place that put more emphasis on safety in the workplace. These changes included basic things like readily available fire extinguishers and access to emergency exits.

The Industrial Revolution witnessed the evolution of large urban centers, such as Boston and New York City. It changed society from agrarian to mechanical, which further moved jobs to larger cities. As every coin has two sides, there are negative sides to this. Primarily, it caused severe pollution. The environment condition was bad with smokes surrounding them.

Labor systems in the period of 1450-1850 were extremely popular due to the fact that people needed labor in order to get work done on large plantations or other sites, especially in the Americas where new and valuable resources were found. This type of labor was cheap and usually controlled. Many labor sites had great amounts of people in order to complete all the labor necessary. Two popular labor systems of this time period include The Encomienda System and Russian Serfdom. The Encomienda System was a system that was developed by Spain in order to grant labor to former conquistadors by taking Native Americans and “requesting” tribute.

One of the drawbacks being for the workers and one being for the owners. “Half the workers worked on the 7th floor or above, which was at least one floor higher than the city fire department could easily reach. Being the owners of a shirtwaist factory it was very hard to be organized. ”(Drehle 48) The day the building caught on fire there were more than 180 people working on just the 8th floor that initially went up into flames.

Additionally, the factory's ventilation was subpar, exposing the staff to hazardous chemicals and dust. The countdown of the fire was initiated by many safety hazards that made the building more prone to fires starting. Firstly, before the fire started, in garment factories it was normal to fill buckets with water in case of a fire. Although this was a normal practice, Mary Domsy-Abrams recalled ‘“On that particular morning, the day of the tragedy, I remarked to my colleagues that the buckets were empty, and that if anything were to happen, they would be of no use,”’ she said” (Kiger 2019). The lack of a sprinkler and a fire system also proved to be a huge safety hazard.

Because of this, the London became infested with pollution due to how popular these new transportation methods became. Which then increases the amount of waste products produced, and later on in future changed the clean environment

But alas, most workers were in dangerous jobs, and a lot were hurt or killed. Working conditions were so bad, that labor organizations were formed, and strikes and protests began to have the government to step in and help the average american. Paragraph 2: With urbanization, corporations and companies looked for ways to cut corners, or increase their profit margin. This lead to some safety issues.

New ways of transportation, overpopulation in urban areas, and much more were contributing to pollution. All the pollution was ruining the air and water, this had eventually led to many deaths. The waste from industries were running into the rivers, and the burning of coal to run trains was one of the main factors that was polluting the air. In 1873 there were deadly fogs which took place in London, and

The machines were often out in the open or near walkways that could easily snag something, and were also uncovered. People also had to work incredibly long hours, which led them to be tired, and then caused more accidents. Factory machines also gave off fumes and smoke that are unhealthy to inhale.

The industrial revolution created an age of wonder for the rich but also created a nightmare for the workers powering the industrial revolution. The period of rapid industrial growth during the 1800s and into the early 1900s was more harmful because of poor working conditions, violent labor disputes and poor regulations at factories. The businessmen of the industrial revolution created poor working conditions for men and women just

From the Beginning of the industrial revolution in the 18th century pollution becomes more noticeable phenomenon. Innovative technological advance encouraged by super productivity of capitalist business practices (division of labor – cheaper production costs – overproduction – overconsumption – over pollution) had most likely turned out to be one of the primary drivers of genuine deterioration of natural resources of the environment. Virtually, all human activities generate pollution which adversely affects the environment. [1] Environmental pollution is a problem both in developed and developing countries. Rapid population growth and urbanization are the major factors of pollution, due to which natural resources are consumed to the maximum