Multiple choice

Among the workers who are employed by industry like coal mining, steel and textiles the injuries to the back or the lungs are among the most common health risks, because of the activities involved and environmental conditions of their work places. Among the work force employed in the service sector, job related injuries are more likely to involve damage to eyes, which are fixed for hours on computers, or to fingers and wrists, which are forever twisting above, dragging across or pressing on keyboards and control panels.

The information above best supports which of the following conclusions?

  1. Occupational injuries are becoming less serious among those employed by service sector than those by mining and heavy industries.

  2. The relative frequency with which various body parts are injured on the job is related to the type of technology being employed.

  3. Coal mining is a safer job than computer programming.

  4. The risks involve in coal industry, steel industry and textile industry are exactly the same.
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The people working in mining and other industries like steel and mining suffer mostly from injuries caused to backs and lungs owing to the kind of activity they are involved in. On other hand most injuries are caused to body parts like hands by machines found in the service sector, because people now work on computers. Thus (B) the frequency with which injuries occur to different body parts is related to the type of technology being used on the job is valid.

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