After The Triangle Fire: State And National Workplace Safety Reforms March 25, 2011 9:06 am ET After the Triangle Fire disaster, the state of New York created a Factory Investigating Commission to study safety, sanitation, wages, hours and child labor in places like sweatshops, canneries and bakeries. read more
After the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire of 1911 occurred, the event disturbed the public to such extent that it brought together enough criticism for government intervention. The death of 146 employees in this fire was a major turning point for the extent of government legislature’s involvement in businesses. read more
Triangle Shirtwaist Company Compliance: Whether Section 80 was violated was the key issue in the trial of Harris and Blanck. The case turned on whether the ninth floor staircase door on the Washington Place side was locked at the time of trial. read more