Industrial Revolution working conditions
danger
work
unemployment rate
unfairness
lack of safety protocol
underdeveloped technology
cause fire
prone to break down
owners were under no regulation.
did not have a financial reason to protect their workers.
owners wanted cheap labor resulting in hiring women and children.
employers had no power.
wages were very low
workers were easily replaceable.
women and children had to work same amount of time as men.
women and children receive less than half the wages of men.
people only have 1 hour of break time per day.
Most people worked between 12 and 16 hours per day, six days a week, without any paid holidays or vacation.
didn’t have any safety covers or fences
factory
since machines run on steam from fire there would be smoke everywhere.
people would ended up with eye problems and lung diseases.
no light source, only sunlight that came through few windows.
children
small children have to work in coal mine.
children can be beaten if they fall asleep.
children as young as 5 years old have to operate machines
children have to pull sledges or carts of coal all day causing a deforming of pelvic bone or cause death.
children did not get other things apart from work.
very fast pace and focused on production of goods.
no talking was allowed.
if someone was to get injured
wages would be stopped
no medical attendance
they would be abandon
workers could not head home to their family in rural areas.