- In the early twentieth century, the deadly conditions of the job were killed by thousands of American workers annually.
- The railway and mines were dangerous, but factories and mills were as well.
- Pictures of the afternoon show the danger of this work.
In the early twentieth century, newspapers reported that it is dangerous to be a more American factor than it was to be a soldier. The desperate men, women and children sacrificed their health, safety and lives, and they are often for money.
Workers can spend 12 to 14 hours a day near hell ovens; In anaerous rooms, cotton dust suffocate. Or transport coal in dark gas tunnels.
Every industry came with its unique risks, and there were few laws to protect workers or provide their families with financial security if they died.
Workers and black immigrants often have to occupy the most bloody jobs in railways, construction and other dangerous workplaces already.
“Because immigrants and their children make up the largest part of the industrial workforce, they also carried an inconsistent burden when it comes to deaths and losses in the job,” Michael K. Roseno, author of “Death and Death in the working class, 1865-1920,” Tell Business Insider.
A few industries and states follow the number of workers who were killed or injured, but some estimates have placed the number of industrial deaths between 25,000 to 80,000 per year and the number of injuries between 300,000 and 1.6 million.
Old photos appear just a small part of the risks they faced in the job.
