answer: in 1900, there were no "workplace safety laws"!
explanation: at the beginning of this century, workers in the united states faced remarkably high health and safety risks on the job.
a century ago in 1900 about three hundred out of every one hundred thousand miners were killed on the job each year.
[industria] developments occurred within a legal and regulatory climate that diminished employerβs interest in safety. as a result, americans developed production methods that were both highly productive and often very dangerous.