Punishments

Children were sometimes hit with a whip

Whip

A whip is a tool traditionally used by humans to exert control over animals or other people, through pain compliance or fear of pain, although in some activities whips can be used without use of pain, such as an additional pressure aid in dressage...

 to make them work faster. In some factories, children's heads were dipped into cistern

Cistern

A cistern is a waterproof receptacle for holding liquids, usually water. Cisterns are often built to catch and store rainwater. Cisterns are distinguished from wells by their waterproof linings...

s if they became drowsy and sleepy. Children were also punished for arriving late for work or for talking to the other children and adults who were working. Apprentices who ran away from the factories were also punished. One of the systems to punish these children was called weighting. The supervisor

Supervisor

A supervisor, foreperson, team leader, overseer, cell coach, facilitator, or area coordinator is a manager in a position of trust in business...

 would tie weights to the child's neck and make him or her walk around for everyone to see. This resulted in severe back and neck problems. Children who were sick were also put into specific parts of the factory

Factory

A factory or manufacturing plant is an industrial building where laborers manufacture goods or supervise machines processing one product into another. Most modern factories have large warehouses or warehouse-like facilities that contain heavy equipment used for assembly line production...

isolated from the other workers. They were given harsher tasks to do. A typical workday consisted of working from 12AM-11PM.