On the topic of the ageing worker we should not limit our discussion to accidents and acute injuries. We need to extend this further to ergonomic/Universal design and its impact on ageing, disabled workers. When equipment, tools, processes, workplaces, lighting etc etc are designed with Universal Design priniciples in place ALL workers benefit with enhanced efficiencies, less human error and measureable improvements in productivity. The great thing about this is this extends to employees with disabilities, ageing workers, smaller stature workers and workers with lower levels of strength such as females.