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Dear List Members: The following report may be of interest to some of you. Review of the occupational health and safety of Britain's ethnic minorities Prepared by University of Warwick for the Health and Safety Executive 2004 (HSE Research Report 221) Research Team: Professor Ala Szczepura, Dr Anil Gumber, Diane Clay Rhys Davies, Professor Peter Elias Professor Mark Johnson Professor Ian Walker Dr David Owen This report sets out an evidence-based review on work-related health and safety issues relating to black and minority ethnic groups. Data included available statistical materials and a systematic review of published research and practice-based reports. UK South Asians are generally under-represented within the most hazardous occupational groups. They have lower accident rates overall, while Black Caribbean workers rates are similar to the general population; Bangladeshi and Chinese workers report lowest workplace injury rates. UK South Asian people exhibit higher levels of limiting long-term illness (LLI) and self reported poor health than the general population while Black Africans and Chinese report lower levels. Ethnic minority workers with LLI are more likely than whites to withdraw from the workforce, or to experience lower wage rates. Some of these findings conflict with evidence of differentials from USA, Europe and Australasia, but there is a dearth of effective primary research or reliable monitoring data from UK sources. There remains a need to improve monitoring and data collection relating to black and ethnic minority populations and migrant workers. Suggestions are made relating to workshops on occupational health promotion programmes for ethnic minorities, and ethnic minority health and safety 'Beacon' sites. Available at: http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrhtm/rr221.htm Dr. Anil Gumber Senior Research Fellow Centre for Health Services Studies Warwick Business School University of Warwick Coventry CV4 7AL, UK Phone: 024 7652 2300, Fax: 024 7652 4963 www.wbs.warwick.ac.uk http://users.wbs.ac.uk/group/ceehd