Consider how 146 workers died before 107 years

On March 25, 1911, the fire that struck a clothing factory in New York City lost the life of 146 workers, most of whom young immigrant women.

Accident investigators later discovered that the factory's owner, the Triangle Shirtweist company, had not followed the city's basic rules of preventing fires.

Moreover, the company had closed several exit doors to stop workers from stealing their shirts or to stop them from taking frequent vacations during work.

Official investigations resulted in a stricter fire safety law and additional funding for its implementation. The factory building is still located today near Washington Square Park in New York.

At the entrance of the park is a plaque that reminds visitors of the victims of the fire. Among other things, it says that “from their martyrdom flows a new concept of social responsibility and labour laws to do the best working conditions in America.