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Statement: Complaints of eye irritation among the workers of a granite polishing unit have risen sharply this year, and the unit's own air test shows the dust beside the polishing wheels to stand at four times the permitted level. Which of the following courses of action does NOT follow from the statement?

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  • AHoods that draw the dust away should be fitted over the polishing wheels
  • BWorkers who complain of irritation should be shifted to the packing bay and the polishing continued exactly as it is
  • CEye protection should be issued and its use enforced until the dust beside the wheels has been brought within the permitted level
  • DThe air beside the wheels should be tested again once a remedy is in place, to confirm that the level has come down

Step-by-Step Solution

The test has established a hazard at the wheels, not merely a set of complaints, so the hazard is what an action must address. Extraction hoods remove the dust, eye protection shields the worker while the dust remains, and a second test confirms the remedy worked; all three follow. Shifting away whoever complains leaves the dust at four times the permitted level for everyone who stays and treats the complaint as the problem rather than the cause of it.
Answer: B) Workers who complain of irritation should be shifted to the packing bay and the polishing continued exactly as it is

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