Dangers Of Working In The Victorian Era

The Victorian Era was well known for employing young children in factories, mines, and as chimney sweeps. Since children were expected to help towards the family budget, they often were working long hours in dangerous conditions for low wages. Several kids lost limbs or even their lives performing these jobs. Multiple Factory Acts were passed to prevent the exploitation of children in the workplace. However, children of poor families would still leave school at very young ages and be forced to go to work. During the Victorian Era, children should not have been employed due to the appalling working conditions and numerous acts passed against it. While each job had working conditions that varied in dangers, one of the most dreadful environments was in the coal mines. It was dark in the mines which would put constant strain on their eyes, and it
This was one of their less worried about issues, along with the constant noise and the rat infestation. Children would work twelve to sixteen hour days which would cause respiratory problems due to the lack of proper ventilation since the coal dust was thick in the air. Not only that, but since they would walk stooped over nearly all-day long, some kids began to develop permanent spine deformation. With death already being constant and an ever-present danger, they also feared explosions or cave-ins. There was such a lack of safety awareness not only in the mines but in all of the child labor occurring during this era. Other children who would work as chimney sweeps were constantly breathing in soot and causing lung damage. At times, some kids would get stuck in chimneys and no one knew. They would then be left alone and