Citation

Kettle M. J. Occup. Accid. 1984; 6(4): 277-293.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1984, Elsevier Publishing)

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Abstract

A major objective of a study funded by the Health and Safety Executive was to determine the accident rates of disabled workers as compared with the accident rates of able-bodied workers within a sample of companies based in the West Midlands. Three companies in the private sector and three Head Post Offices agreed to participate. A total of 3028 disabled workers, including both registered and non-registered disabled people, were identified within the companies, using the definition of a disabled person given in the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act of 1944. They represented an overall percentage of 9% of the total average workforce of 33,622 employed by the companies.The records were examined of all accidents reported by both able-bodied and disabled workers during 1980, giving a total of 31,407 accidents. It was found, in general, that disabled workers sustained proportionally fewer accidents than able-bodied workers.