title: Injury incidence and patterns in workers with intellectual disability: a comparative study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Workplace safety is a concern in the employment of persons with intellectual disability, due to both real concerns for employee well-being, and the effect that negative perceptions of safety risk can have on hiring.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study involved a retrospective analysis of workplace insurance claim records for workers with and without disability in a Canadian social enterprise.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Workers with intellectual disability sustained fewer injuries and experienced fewer absences due to injury than workers without disability. Lost-time injury rates for this business were not significantly different from those reported by other employers in the jurisdiction.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Workplace safety is a concern for all workers, but fear of increased injury rates and heightened compensation costs should not be perceived as a risk when hiring individuals with intellectual disability.
authors: Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. lysaght@queensu.ca
authors: Rosemary
authors: R
authors: Lysaght
authors: Cynthia
authors: C
authors: Sparring
authors: H L Ne
authors: HL
authors: Ouellette-Kuntz
authors: Carrie Anne
authors: CA
authors: Marshall
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D009864:Ontario / Q000453:epidemiology; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012306:Risk; D017751:Safety Management; D018582:Sick Leave / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control