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Background There is a dearth of information examining minor injuries and cognitive failures in the workplace.

Aims This study aims to describe the incidence of, and characteristics associated with, minor injuries, cognitive failures and accidents in the workplace.

Methods The study was a community based postal questionnaire survey of people selected at random from the Electoral Registers of Cardiff and Merthyr Tydfil; 7980 questionnaires were returned.

Results Frequent/very frequent minor injuries were reported by 9.8% of the workers and frequent/very frequent cognitive failures (e.g. problems of memory, attention or action) by 10.5%. Work accidents requiring treatment were reported by 5.6% of the workers. Minor injuries, cognitive failures and accidents were associated with a number of demographic and health factors. In addition, minor injuries, cognitive failures and …