In the film Triangle Fire, directed and produced by Jamila Wignot, many historians and writers recount the stories surrounding the “deadliest workplace accident in Manhattan’s history”. This accident took place at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory soon after the Triangle strikers demanded to work as a Union but were greeted in return with only higher wages and shorter work days. The fire began on the 8th floor, the location of many of the Triangle strikers, when a cigarette was thrown on the ground
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Whether you’re using the simple, lightweight utility belt or the padded tool belt, high-quality tool belts (e.g., Klein) offer comfort and durability for the hands-on professional handyman. But a belt is just a belt until it implemented with the right gear. In this article, we’ll look at three tool belt accessories that every contractor should have. Bosch Laser Distance Measurer Although they will never replace traditional tape measures altogether, laser distance measures are perfect for quick and
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The Triangle Factory fire was the most dangerous thing that had ever happened in New York, in 1911. Over 146 people died in this tragedy and 71 were injured and survived. There were many conditions and hazards that made so many people die. People have said that the fire had spread under the door, but how? Isn’t the door low enough? No because there were so many flammable objects in the factory, so this means that the fire had spread because there were papers,boxes,and even plastic. The building
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“What Safety Means to Me” Safety is a strong word to use. In the dictionary safety means, the state of being safe; freedom from the occurrence or risk of injury, danger, or loss. Also some synonyms for safety are freedom, security, assurance, cover, defense, and shelter. But what safety means to me is the condition of being protected from harm or other non-desirable outcomes. To me it also has a feeling of warmth, or being protected by being held closely by my parents and other family, and
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emergency situations. This includes the training of each new employee before it’s even released to the job site. Employee must have a full and satisfactory training session with the Crew Lead. The Crew Lead will therefore explain our new hire of all our safety standards, PPE policy, and customer relation skills. The Crew Lead has to comply with our contract with all deliverables, to include Green Certified specs.The Crew Lead is also to retrain any employees that fail to meet our QC standards. Crew Lead
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Proposed regulation: Georgia Super Speeder Law 1. State the administrative agency which controls the regulation. Explain why this agency and your proposed regulation interest you. -Office of Highway Safety controls this Georgia Super Speeder regulation. This agency and regulation interests me because as a Georgia resident I have seen the damages that speeding on a Georgia highway can cause. I have had colleagues face bad accidents as a result to speeding and this regulation punishes those
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English 28 Section #6913 Professor Sahgalp 17 April 2012 High School Safety The prevailing attitude that the American parents have towards high achieving schools is their one of the safest places for their children to be at. They believe that the can protect them from any harm. Polytechnic High School (Poly High) is among the list of those high achieving schools. However, the Poly high campus can improve its safety with a few simple steps: fixing leaks, better security staff and equipment
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withstand these loads. According to the British Civil Airworthiness Requirement, safety factor of at least 1.5 times the normal working load for aircraft fuselage structure must be used. Failure is catastrophic, the limit load occurs during every flight and the fuselage is not only subject to pressurization forces. The static strength of the fuselage therefore incorporates a larger safety factor. A reduced factor of safety from the stated factor will preclude failure due to creep and provide adequate
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Information Security Article Evaluation Kathy Newman CMGT/ 441 October 02, 2013 Matthew R. Ahrens, MSIT Information Security Article Evaluation There are several ways to evaluate a website or article. Evaluating allows people, especially students; an opportunity to obtain a better understanding on the value of the objects that is evaluated. This paper will allow the reader to obtain information about one of the major errors in Information Security. Error: Believe it or not, people are
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Chilean Copper Mine Collapse Chilean Copper Mine Collapse A small copper mine in San Jose, located in north Chile, collapsed trapping workers underground. The mine collapsed on August 5th, trapping 33 workers in the mine. The coverage of this mine collapse came two long weeks after the traumatic event. Initially the incident did not catch any news worthy attention. Mine collapses are pretty common but the accident finally caught the interest of an editor, and then it went viral from
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