TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1984//
TI  - Disabled people and accidents at work
JO  - Journal of occupational accidents
A1  - Kettle, M
SP  - 277
EP  - 293
VL  - 6
IS  - 4
N2  - 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.     <p></p>
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SN  - 0376-6349
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -