Abstract
Kettle, M., 1984. Disabled people and accidents at work. Journal of Occupational Accidents, 6: 277–293. 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.
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