Which statement best summarizes how the effects of the industrial age led to workplace reforms?

a. Advances during the industrial age resulted in employers improving safety and working conditions.

b. Problems during the industrial age led workers to abandon tenements and build better housing.

c. Advances during the industrial age led employers to encourage the growth of unions.

d. Problems during the industrial age led to efforts to improve safety and end child labor.

The correct answer is A) advancements during the industrial age resulted in employers improving safety and working conditions.

The statement that best summarizes how the effects of the industrial age led to workplace reforms is "advancements during the industrial age resulted in employers improving safety and working conditions."

The industrial age brought many benefits for the industries and the new ways to manufacture goods. This created many jobs for people. Although low paid jobs, people found in the factories new labor opportunities. Originally, most of those fabrics offered unhealthy and risky working conditions because the place was overcrowded and there was not enough ventilation. But as time passed, the effects of the industrial age allow for better working conditions, and the safety in handling the machinery was better. It resulted in fewer accidents.