{"id":7170,"date":"2023-03-25T11:33:18","date_gmt":"2023-03-25T15:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/?p=7170"},"modified":"2023-03-25T11:33:18","modified_gmt":"2023-03-25T15:33:18","slug":"triangle-shirtwaist-112th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2023\/03\/25\/triangle-shirtwaist-112th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Triangle Shirtwaist: 112th Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today is the 112th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire that killed 146 people, including 123 women, who burned to death or jumped from the upper floors of the Triangle Shirtwaist building when a fire broke out. Terrified workers found locked emergency exits.<\/p>\n<p>I wrote<a href=\"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2022\/03\/25\/triangle-shirtwaist-fire-still-lessons-to-be-learned\/\"> last year<\/a> (and 19 years ago) about the lessons learned from the Triangle disaster: mainly that in order to make progress in this country, especially with workplace safety and health,\u00a0 we can\u2019t let a good disaster go to waste. While that sounds crass, disasters, unfortunately, are often the only events that have the potential to bring about real change.<\/p>\n<p>And even after disasters, it often takes years &#8212; or decades &#8212;\u00a0 difficult and losing battles \u2014 to make progress.<\/p>\n<p>But, of course, we often have to ask what kind of progress has really been made.\u00a0 One depressing example is Dollar General Corp. and Dolgencorp where OSHA has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/news\/newsreleases\/national\/03132023\">issued more<\/a> than $15 million in fines and cited the company in more than 180 inspections nationwide for numerous willful, repeat and serious workplace safety violations related to unsafe conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the citations involved blocked exits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is the 112th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire that killed 146 people, including 123 women, who burned to death or jumped from the upper floors of the Triangle Shirtwaist building when a fire broke out. 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