Identify the correct order of the following statements to make a coherent paragraph.
The lead sentence has been given.
The workers needed their concerns addressed immediately and would not budge.
A. The management was reluctant to capitulate since this would mean a sharp decline in the share market.
B. The workers, in fact, had been agitating for safety measures for a long time.
C. The workers were at fault, they felt.
D. The number of accidents in the factory had, however, risen disproportionately in the last few months.
E. The accidents were a concern and if the trend continued would pose problems, but there had been no deaths.

Option A) BEADC is the correct sequence of sentences.

Statement B is the opening statement as it builds on the lead sentence stating that workers were agitated for some time. It provides context for why the workers were demanding action, showing that their concerns were not new.

Statement E follows B as it explains why the workers are agitated. Statement E introduces the issue of accidents and sets the tone for the seriousness of the workers' concerns, though it reassures that there were no fatalities yet.

Statement A, then, adds the management's perspective, explaining their hesitation to give in to the workers' demands due to financial concerns.

Statement D provides more specific context about why the workers were pushing for safety measures, i.e, because the accidents had increased.

Statement C concludes the paragraph by reflecting on how the workers might have felt about the situation.