Self-study
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"Surprising" Phenomenon
Why did the number of on-the-job accidents tend to increase in the months following improvements to safety training programs for manufacturers during the 1980s?
Objective
The right answer will identify why manufacturers in the 1980s saw increases in on-the-job accidents in the months following improvements to their safety training programs when improvements in safety training programs tend to lead to safer work environments. The answer will address a way the changes in training programs contributed to the increase in accidents or a different cause for the accidents than the improvements in training programs.
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a
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We’re not concerned with the transportation sector. We want to know why there was an increase in accidents after training programs were improved in the manufacturing sector.
b
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This provides a different cause for the increase in accidents than the improvements in training programs. (B) points out that the increase in accidents may not have been the result of the changes in training programs but rather a result of the increased workforce size.
c
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We’re concerned with why on-the-job accidents increased after the training programs were improved in the 1980s. (C) only addresses a reason that manufacturers sometimes decide to improve job safety training in the first place.
d
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Rules out the possibility that the increase in accidents was a fluctuation doesn’t help explain why the increase occurred.
e
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We’re not concerned with measures that were in place before the improvements in job safety training. We want to know why on-the-job accidents increased after the improvements.