Workers with disabilities

Introduction

This article will consider the health and safety risks for workers with disabilities with the focus on where these may be different to the risks faced by workers without disabilities. For the purposes of this article the European Agency for Safety and Health’s (EU-OSHA) definition of disability will be used as this covers both physical and mental impairments and covers, as well, all employees whose work performance might be hampered by their disability, including people with chronic, long-term or progressive conditions[1]. The appropriate risk management process for workers with disabilities will be considered and the article will also describe some of the…