Industrial Revolution

Day 3: What were Working Conditions Like?

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Why were so many individuals looking for work in the city during the industrial revolution?

Why did workers productivity increase during the industrial revolution?

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Cottage Industry

Factory Work

Work at Home Workers Own the Machines Paid Per Piece Generally Skilled Labor

Cottage Industry

Factory Work

Work at Home Workers Own the Machines Paid Per Piece Skilled Labor

Work in Factories
Growth of Cities

Business Owner Own Factories & Machines Workers Paid a Wage

Only responsible for a part of the finished good

Unskilled labor

Working Conditions in Britain

Work 13 - 16 hours a day, 6-7 days a week Short break for lunch; no break for lunch or dinner Child Labor Used
Children as young as 4-6 years old worked in mines and textile mills Children beaten / whipped if they fall asleep

Working Conditions in Britain

Unsafe Conditions
Long hours Safety costs money and/or time do without Workers easily replaced if / when accidents occur

What do you think the average age of death among unskilled workers was?

Average Age of Death: 19

Mill: Clothing gets caught on machine & lose limb
1 Cotton Dust causes byssinosis (Mill fever) a lung disease

Mines: Lung disease from coal dust

2 Killed when fall asleep and fall into machinery

Mill / Factory Deaf from Roar of machines 3 Mines: Fall down mine shaft when rope snaps

Mill: Scalped when hair is caught in machine

4 Chimney Sweep: Cancer of the scrotum

Miners Crushed in Cave-In

5 Mines: Chain used to Hauling coal cart damages pelvic bones: childbirth fatal

6 Factory: Injuries to back & neck of child from weighting when late or miss quota
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7 Chimney Sweep: Death by asphyxiation or by smoke inhalation

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Mill: MuleSpinners cancer (Cancer of the groin) from mineral oils 13

9 Mill: Stand for long hours: knees turn inward, arches collapse, crippled
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Match factory: Phosphorous can cause teeth to fall out & death 15