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A 3 page research paper that explains the origins and achievements of the New York State Factory Investigating Commission (FIC). Begun in reaction to the tragic Triangle Shirtwaist fire of 1911, the FIC was eventually responsible for having 36 new laws passed to protect workers and the public health. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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exits, overcrowding, debris on the floor, etc., the fire spread quickly and the majority of the employees were trapped. One hundred forty-six people, most young women, died. Many jumped to
their deaths to escape the flames. The people of New York City were appalled and demanded reform. A nine-person commission was appointed to investigate factory conditions in New
York state. With lead investigator Frances Perkins, the Factory Investigating Commission (FIC), chaired by state senators Robert W. Wagner and Alfred E. Smith provided the impetus behind some of the
most far reaching and effective public safety and health reform legislation ever written. In fact, the FIC was so successful that the four-year term of the commission has been called
the "golden era in remedial factory legislation" (Davis, 1997). In its first year alone, the FIC inspected 1,836 industrial establishments and heard the testimony of 222 witnesses (Davis, 1997).
Labor laws passed between 1911 and 1919 in the state of New York correspond to the finding of the Commission, that is, when the Commission found a problem, change
followed (Davis, 1997). The FIC found, in regards to the Triangle fire, that emergency exists were woefully inadequate. Also, the number of people working on each floor contributed to the
loss of life. New laws specified that there must be two exits per floor, one of which could be a staircase, but the other had to be either an interior
or exterior enclosed fire escape (Davis, 1997). If the square footage of the floor exceeded 5,000, an extra exit was required each additional unit of 5,000 square feet. Furthermore, the
law was changed to require that all buildings over a height of 100 feet should have at least one exterior enclosed fire escape that could be accessed from every point
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