Questão 1222864

• Banca: FCC
• Órgão: METRÔ-SP
• Ano: 2014
• Provas: FCC - 2014 - METRÔ-SP - Advogado Júnior; FCC - 2014 - METRÔ-SP - Analista Desenvolvimento Gestão Júnior - Administração de Empresas; FCC - 2014 - METRÔ-SP - Analista Desenvolvimento Gestão Júnior - Ciências Contábeis; FCC - 2014 - METRÔ-SP - Analista Desenvolvimento Gestão Júnior - Economia; FCC - 2014 - METRÔ-SP - Engenheiro Júnior - Mecânica
• Disciplina: Inglês
• Assuntos: Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

Metro releases preliminary findings of investigation into overnight construction accident in Red Line work zone

News release issued at 3:27 pm, October 6, 2013.

     The investigation into the cause of a fatal overnight construction accident on the Red Line in Washington, D.C. is ....B.... . The investigation team, led by Metro's Chief Safety Officer, has authorized the release of the following facts and preliminary findings:
     The incident occurred shortly after midnight, Sunday, October 6, 2013, in a work zone on the outbound (Glenmont direction) track between Union Station and Judiciary Square.
     Contractors and WMATA employees were performing rail renewal, a process that involves removing old sections of rail, installing new sections of rail and related activity such as welding and grinding.
     At approximately 12:03 a.m., there was a fire and loud noise that originated near heavy track equipment used to weld rail sections together into a continuous strip.
     The fire and loud noise originated approximately 70 to 80 feet from the injured workers. The root cause of the fire/noise has not yet been determined. It is not yet known if there was a fluid leak or another mechanical issue.
     The fire was extinguished by workers using a handheld fire extinguisher.
     The incident caused a 40-foot section of rail to move, striking three workers (two WMATA employees and a contractor). It is not yet known what caused the piece of rail to move.
     The two WMATA employees - one track worker and one supervisor - suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries from being struck by the piece of rail. They were transported to local hospitals.
     The contractor, an employee of Holland Co., was fatally injured as a result of being struck by the   piece of rail.   

 

(Adapted from http://www.wmata.com/about_metro/news/-
PressReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=5588) 

Segundo o texto,

• A. o incidente deixou dois empregados gravemente feridos e causou a morte de um empreiteiro.
• B. o incidente foi causado pelo vazamento de um líquido inflamável.
• C. o fogo que causou o incidente não pode ser debelado com um extintor manual.
• D. o calor do fogo deslocou um pedaço de trilho de 40 pés de comprimento.
• E. três das pessoas atingidas pelo pedaço de trilho tiveram ferimentos graves, porém não fatais.

Gabarito: A

Comentários

• The incident caused a 40-foot section of rail to move, striking three workers (two WMATA employees and a contractor). It is not yet known what caused the piece of rail to move.
       The two WMATA employees - one track worker and one supervisor - suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries from being struck by the piece of rail. They were transported to local hospitals. 
       The contractor, an employee of Holland Co., was fatally injured as a result of being struck by the   piece of rail.  
  

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