One of the improvements was the creation of the assembly line. And while the assembly line improved the business, by releasing products faster and producing them for a cheaper price, its was grueling, dangerous work for the laborers. “Although they had access to greater amount of goods, workers suddenly found themselves at the mercy of powerful machines that requires them to perform the same simple task over and over again.” (-) And the assembly line didn’t spare anyone. It wasn’t just men working these jobs anymore, factories also began to take in women and children by the dozens. By the turn of the century 20% of the workforce was female. Laborers would end up working 10-12 hours a day 6 days a week. Between 1880 and 1900 an average of 35,000 laborers died each year working on the assembly line. That’s about 700,000 men, women, and children in