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A major automotive assembly plant recently replaced its manual welding lines with automated robotic arms, resulting in a 30 percent decline in the total number of physical injuries reported by line workers over the following year. Paradoxically, during the exact same period, the average number of workdays lost per worker due to job-related injuries increased by nearly 40 percent, even though safety reporting standards, total workforce size, and overall operating hours remained unchanged.

Which of the following, if true, most helps to resolve the apparent paradox described above?

  1. A
    Automated robotic arms perform precision welds significantly faster and with fewer structural defects than human workers can achieve manually.
  2. The installation of automated welding equipment allowed the plant to reassign many line workers to heavy-equipment assembly, where injuries occur less frequently but are substantially more severe.Cevap
  3. C
    Following the transition to robotics, plant management implemented a mandatory ergonomic training program aimed at reducing repetitive stress injuries among line workers.
  4. D
    Assembly plant workers who suffered occupational injuries after the transition were more likely to express dissatisfaction with automated technology than uninjured workers were.
  5. E
    The plant management shortened the standard duration of daily rest breaks for workers operating near the newly automated machinery.

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The apparent paradox is resolved by the statement that line workers were reassigned to heavy-equipment assembly, where injuries occur less frequently but are substantially more severe.
The correct resolution identifies a shift in worker tasks that simultaneously lowers overall injury frequency while increasing average injury severity. Reassigning workers to heavy-equipment assembly explains why fewer total injuries occurred (accounting for the 30 percent decline) and why the injuries that did occur resulted in significantly longer recovery periods (accounting for the 40 percent increase in lost workdays per worker).

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1
Identify the two contradictory premises in the stimulus.
Premise 1: Total physical injuries reported by line workers dropped by 30%. Premise 2: Average workdays lost per worker due to injuries increased by nearly 40%.
Resolving a paradox requires identifying both conflicting facts that must be reconciled simultaneously.
2
Determine the necessary condition for a correct resolution.
The correct option must explain how injury frequency can decrease while injury severity (measured in lost workdays) increases.
A valid resolution cannot deny either premise; it must supply a third factor that connects lower frequency with higher average duration per injury.
3
Evaluate the choices against both premises.
Reassigning workers to heavy-equipment assembly accounts for fewer total injuries (lowering overall count) and greater injury severity (raising lost workdays per worker).
This subgroup composition shift accounts for both premises at the same time.

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