ASSP Remembers Deadly Factory Fire That Spurred Workplace Safety
March 22, 2024
March 22, 2024
PARK RIDGE, Illinois, March 22 -- The American Society of Safety Professionals issued the following news release:
Workplace safety and health became national news 113 years ago next week when the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City led to the deaths of 146 garment workers - most of them women and girls as young as 14 years old - on March 25, 1911. The incident in lower Manhattan is still the deadliest industrial disaster in New York City history.
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Workplace safety and health became national news 113 years ago next week when the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City led to the deaths of 146 garment workers - most of them women and girls as young as 14 years old - on March 25, 1911. The incident in lower Manhattan is still the deadliest industrial disaster in New York City history.
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