1. What caused the accident? Explain in detail.

2. Do you think the accident could had been prevented? Why or why not?

3. Did the company violate several safety and health standards? Why or why not? Justify your answer.

4. If you were the safety engineer of the company, what would be your safety plans and programs to avoid accidents at work?

CASE STUDY 4 Teresa Pickard Autoworker, Georgia "The list of workers injured at Sewon is as gruesome as it is long" -Atlanta Journal Constitution Teresa Pickard, 42, went to work on the welding line at Sewon America, an auto parts plant in LaGrange, Georgia at 6:30 am on Wednesday, May 29th, 2013. She never came home. Pickard complained of chest pains. An ambulance was summoned to the plant about two hours after her shift started, and she died either on the way to the hospital or shortly after arriving there. Pickard leaves behind two daughters, Shundrick and Shaquitt, and her husband Jeffrey. Teresa Pickard died after complaining of chest pains at the Sewon America auto Sewon America, located about 70 miles southwest of Atlanta, and a dozen other plants supply a kia automobile assembly plant in West Point, Georgia, which opened in 2009. Together, the suppliers account for more than 14,000 manufacturing jobs. parts plant in LaGrange, Georgia