FromShortBros.andHarland Ltd., Belfast Oneofthemanydifficulties inthestudyof accident causation istokeepunderdetailed medical supervision agroupofmenexposed toconstant risk whoprovide asufficiently large numberofapparently accident-prone individuals. Attheendof 1944theprospects ofcontinued employment were good.Inanareawherethere waslittle alternative employment available, 300men,whointhatyear hadsustained anunduenumberofaccidents, were selected fromatotal population of6,450 employed inanaircraft factory. Itwasfelt, asaccident proneness mightnotprovetobeastable quality, that aslarge agroupaspossible should bestudied. Eighty-seven menofthisgroupof300proved tobepronetoaccidents duringtheyear1945. Thispaperisconcerned withtheobservations made onthemandonarandomsampleof100other
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