Question

During the gilded age, a factory worker who was injured while working generally received

Answer 1

During the Gilded Age, a factory worker who was injured while working generally received no pay and no medical benefits from the company in question, since this was before worker safety was a consideration.

Also, workers had no job security, meaning if they got hurt they were fired.

Answer 2

During the Gilded Age, when factory workers were injured at work, they didn't receive anything. Their families would often starve to death, because they weren't making money to buy food.