Argument 11

  The editoral recommends that Alta Manufaturing reduce its work shifts by one hour each in order to reduce its on-the-job accident rate and thereby increase Alta's productivity. To support this advise ,the editoral make a comparsion between Alta Manufaturing and Panoply Instrudies in the on-the-job accident rate, and cite the experts' idea which believe the fatigue and sleep deprivated among workers is the singnifant fator in many on-the-job accidents. But there are several sicks in this argument.

  The first place, the data is collected during last year. I feel it is impossible to conclud the result with such insuffience data just collected for the last year. There are many changable factors that influence the on-the-job accident rate in such a short time. So the result can't react the really factor the why the accident rate is high.

 Secondary, the editoral ignores the very important detail what the Panoply Instrudies produced. Thus it is impossible for us to compare the two enterprise that with the different backgroud condition in on-the-job accident. It just like that we compare the wood and iron in the hard aspect.

 The third place, the experts' idea is right in generally, but it can't fit our real condition. The condition in the really productive is more complex and more concrete than the experts' say. The accident's cause has many factors. For example, lacking of security rule, some execute is not norm, or the workers are not acquanted with the machine etc, all of the reasons are possible the accident cause. It need us to make a deeper investigation to find what is the real reason to these accidents, not just listen to some experts' generally speaking.

  There is another problem in the argument, that  lacking of sleep time doesn't related to work hours. Alta's shift work three time a day. For that, every workers work for 8 hours a day. It doesn't make them sleep deprivation, I feel. So, to reduce the three work shifts by one hour isn't the good method to reduce the accident rate and increas productivity.

  To sum up, the editoral recomment is so easy but not effect. The Alta's should make comparsion to the old days or to the same manufaturing products the some commodity in on-the-job accident rate. And it also can make a check ,what they think about the security of the manufaturing ,among the workers to get the real reason of the accidents, or make a detail investigation after each accident , even small accident.