2.2 Case Study 1 - Car Accident

Scene 1: Shop Floor – Early Morning, Liza on her safety rounds
Visual:
Camera pans over the shop floor. Workers are working on the equipment.
John is filling the permit seating at his desk and finish the work in 1 min. (Liza
is watching John)
Dialogue:
Liza - John you just filled the check sheet seating at the desk in a very short
time. Are you done?
John (light tone):
“Liza, all the checkpoint are ticked. Honestly, some of this still feels like we are
doing the same repeating work and its takes time. All of us know what need to
be done and nothing has happened in so many years.”
Liza (pauses, looks at John):
“John, can I share something with you that just happened last month? A case
that’s not from the shop floor—but from real life. And it all comes down to how
we perceive risk.”
Scene 2: Flashback Begins – Chris’s Car, Leaving His Hometown
Visual:
A family of four is shown in a car. It’s sunny, they’re laughing. Sam is driving,
his wife beside him, two children (ages 7 and 11) in the back seat.
Dialogue:
Chris (casual tone):
“Every one ok, Nisha, put your seatbelt on—we don’t want to get fined if the
police stop us.”
Wife Nisha (adjusting seatbelt):
“Ok, you always remind me of this. Good point.”
Chris (turning to kids in backseat):
“You two just relax, be comfortable—we will take a break for lunch till than just
enjoy the drive.”
Kids nod, not wearing seat belts. Laughter fades into the hum of the car.
Scene 3: The Accident
Visual:
Fast transition to a narrow bridge on the highway. The car swerves as Sam
overreacts upon seeing it unexpectedly.
SFX:
Screeching tires, crash sound. The car flips and comes to rest sideways.
Scene 4: Aftermath at the Scene
Visual:
Emergency vehicles. Chris and his wife are sitting on the roadside, bruised,
conscious.
One child, 7, is being covered by paramedics. The other child, 11, is
unconscious, being loaded into an ambulance.
Voiceover (Liza):
“Chris and his wife survived with only minor injuries. They wore their seat
belts. But their children didn’t.
Their 7-year-old son died instantly.
Their 11-year-old daughter is still in a coma—and has lost her memory.”
Scene 5: Sam’s Realization (Silent Flashback)
Visual:
Chris sitting in a hospital hallway, head in his hands, replaying the moment he
said:
“You two just relax…”
The scene echoes as a haunting memory.
Scene 6: Back to Present – Liza and John on Shop Floor
John (stunned):
“Chris only asked his wife to wear the seat belt to avoid a fine?”
Liza:
Yes, he asked his wife to wear seat belt, but is was not like that he was not
aware about the importance of seat belt.
What Chris thought as he is going to drive the car safely there was no chance
of accident so he dint emphasise his kids to wear the seat belt.
“Exactly. That’s what we call low level risk perception—doing something
because it’s required, even after knowing something can go wrong.”