How to Have an Accident at Work

{{short description|1959 Donald Duck cartoon}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = How to Have an Accident at Work

| image =

| caption =

| director = Charles A. Nichols

| producer = Walt Disney

| story = Jack Kinney
Bill Berg

| starring = Clarence Nash
June Foray
Lucille Bliss
Bill Thompson

| music = Oliver Wallace

| animator = Jerry Hathcock
Fred Kopietz
George Nicholas
Harvey Toombs

| layout_artist = Ernie Nordli

| background_artist = Al Dempster

| studio = Walt Disney Productions

| distributor = Buena Vista Film Distribution Company

| released = {{Film date|1959|09|02}}

| runtime = 7 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

}}

How to Have an Accident at Work is a 1959 animated short educational film{{cite book |last1=Van Riper |first1=A. Bowdoin |title=Learning from Mickey, Donald and Walt Essays on Disney's Edutainment Films |date=2011 |publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers |isbn=9780786459575 |pages=264}}{{cite book |title=Catalog of Classroom Teaching Films for Georgia Schools |date=1961 |publisher=Georgia. Educational Media Services |edition=Issue 7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ac5LAQAAMAAJ |access-date=15 May 2021}} featuring Donald Duck. It was released by Walt Disney Productions.{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |access-date=15 May 2021 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312 |url-access=registration |pages=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/]}} It was the last Donald Duck cartoon to use the "No One But Donald Duck" opening theme.

Plot

Donald Duck is very careful at home, but at work that is a different issue as he has multiple accidents. J.J. Fate shows up to inform us how accidents aren't predetermined, but instead are the result of carelessness.

Voice cast

Home media

The short was released on November 11, 2008 on Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume Four: 1951-1961.{{cite web |title=The Chronological Donald Volume 4 DVD Review |url=https://www.dvdizzy.com/donaldvol4b.html |website=DVD Dizzy |access-date=15 May 2021}}

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