The doors were locked in the Triangle Shirtwaist factory because the owners wanted to prevent employees leaving early or taking unauthorized breaks.
The biggest obstacle to workers trying to escape the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire was that the exit doors were locked and could not be opened.
the owners had locked doors to control workers' breaks
Because the doors to the stairwell were locked.
The owners had locked doors to control workers' breaks.
The owners had locked doors to control workers' breaks.
The owners had locked the doors to control workerss' breaks
Several dozen employees of Triangle Shirtwaist, all women and mostly young, died in a fire there, partly because the doors were locked (to prevent employees from leaving early). The result was legislation requiring various safety measures in factories.
The owners had locked doors to control workers' breaks.
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire probably happened because someone threw a cigarette butt into a waste can containing cloth scraps. The deaths happened because there was not a good fire alarm system, most exit doors were locked to prevent early departure from the workplace, and the fire department did not have equipment that could reach to the level where the factory, and the fire, was in the building.
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of March 25, 191 in New York City. Due to locked exit doors and the bad factory conditions, there was a huge fire and many were unable to escape.
the factory owners had locked the exit doors to prevent unauthorized breaks and theft. As a result, when the fire broke out, the locked doors trapped the workers inside, leading to the loss of 146 lives. Additionally, the factory lacked proper fire safety measures, such as sprinklers and fire alarms, which further exacerbated the tragedy.
There were several reasons, all working together, for the deaths of the 146 women and girls in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. They were not informed in a timely manner that there was a fire, many of the exit doors were locked, the fire escapes could not handle the load of people trying to use them, and the fire department equipment was unable to reach the fire floors from the street.