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Statistics
Work-related upper limb disorders: estimated number of cases reported by rheumatologists to MOSS and by occupational physicians to OPRA and estimated rates per 100 000 workers per year, by occupation 2004-2006
| Occupation(a) | SOC2000 | Rheumatologists (MOSS)(p) | Occupational physicians (OPRA)(b)(p) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual average estimated cases(c) 2004-2006 | Rate per 100 000 workers per year(d) | Annual average estimated cases(c) 2004-2006 | Rate per 100 000 workers per year(d) | |||
| Major group | Unit group | |||||
| Managers and Senior Officials | 1 | 25 | 1 | 48 | 1 | |
| Professional Occupations | 2 | 54 | 2 | 121 | 4 | |
| Associate Professional and Technical Occupations | 3 | 143 | 4 | 322 | 8 | |
| Laboratory technicians | 3111 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 36 | |
| IT operations technicians | 3131 | 12 | 10 | 21 | 17 | |
| Nurses | 3211 | 24 | 5 | 58 | 12 | |
| Medical radiographers | 3214 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 54 | |
| Police officers (sergeant and below) | 3312 | 17 | 11 | 34 | 22 | |
| Musicians | 3415 | 21 | 73 | 5 | 16 | |
| Journalists, newspaper and periodical editors | 3431 | - | 1 | 15 | 26 | |
| Broadcasting associate professionals | 3432 | - | - | 24 | 57 | |
| Adminstrative and Secretarial Occupations | 4 | 174 | 5 | 264 | 8 | |
| Civil Service administrative officers and assistants | 4112 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 4 | |
| Local government clerical officers and assistants | 4113 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 16 | |
| Accounts and wages clerks, book-keepers, other financial clerks | 4122 | 2 | - | 9 | 2 | |
| Counter clerks | 4123 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 4 | |
| Filing and other records assistants/clerks | 4131 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 6 | |
| Database assistants/clerks | 4136 | 9 | 12 | 34 | 45 | |
| General office assistants/clerks | 4150 | 24 | 4 | 71 | 11 | |
| Personal assistants and other secretaries | 4215 | 48 | 15 | 18 | 6 | |
| Typists | 4217 | 15 | 97 | 22 | 140 | |
| Skilled Trades Occupations | 5 | 331 | 11 | 507 | 17 | |
| Gardeners and groundsmen/groundswomen | 5113 | 20 | 12 | 87 | 53 | |
| Welding trades | 5215 | 18 | 24 | 38 | 50 | |
| Metal machining setters and setter-operators | 5221 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 19 | |
| Metal working production and maintenance fitters | 5223 | 45 | 20 | 55 | 25 | |
| Motor mechanics, auto engineers | 5231 | 1 | - | 22 | 11 | |
| Electricians, electrical fitters | 5241 | 22 | 10 | 49 | 22 | |
| Bricklayers, masons | 5312 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 16 | |
| Plumbers, heating and ventilating engineers | 5314 | 13 | 8 | 40 | 24 | |
| Carpenters and joiners | 5315 | 26 | 10 | 37 | 14 | |
| Construction trades n.e.c. | 5319 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 2 | |
| Painters and decorators | 5323 | 33 | 23 | 4 | 3 | |
| Chefs, cooks | 5434 | 28 | 12 | 13 | 5 | |
| Glass and ceramics makers, decorators and finishers | 5491 | 8 | 49 | 7 | 42 | |
| Personal Service Occupations | 6 | 88 | 4 | 107 | 5 | |
| Nursing auxiliaries and assistants | 6111 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 14 | |
| Ambulance staff (excluding paramedics) | 6112 | - | - | 27 | 156 | |
| Care assistants and home carers | 6115 | 18 | 3 | 32 | 5 | |
| Sales and Customer Service Occupations | 7 | 65 | 3 | 52 | 2 | |
| Sales and retail assistants | 7111 | 27 | 2 | 16 | 1 | |
| Retail cashiers and check-out operators | 7112 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | |
| Call centre agents/operators | 7211 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | |
| Customer care occupations | 7212 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 8 | |
| Process, Plant and Machine Operatives | 8 | 285 | 14 | 554 | 27 | |
| Food, drink and tobacco process operatives | 8111 | 25 | 17 | 59 | 41 | |
| Chemical and related process operatives | 8114 | 5 | 11 | 38 | 76 | |
| Plastics process operatives | 8116 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 22 | |
| Metal working machine operatives | 8125 | 21 | 27 | 28 | 35 | |
| Assemblers (electrical products) | 8131 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 36 | |
| Assemblers (vehicles and metal goods) | 8132 | 97 | 178 | 41 | 76 | |
| Tyre, exhaust and windscreen fitters | 8135 | 8 | 58 | 25 | 179 | |
| Assemblers and routine operatives n.e.c. | 8139 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 47 | |
| Road construction operatives | 8142 | 4 | 17 | 120 | 457 | |
| Construction operatives n.e.c. | 8149 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 23 | |
| Heavy goods vehicle drivers | 8211 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 5 | |
| Fork-lift truck drivers | 8222 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 6 | |
| Elementary Occupations | 9 | 189 | 6 | 228 | 7 | |
| Labourers in building and woodworking trades | 9121 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 5 | |
| Packers, bottlers, canners, fillers | 9134 | 19 | 15 | 27 | 20 | |
| Labourers in process and plant operations n.e.c. | 9139 | 16 | 22 | 19 | 25 | |
| Other goods handling and storage occupations n.e.c. | 9149 | 19 | 5 | 58 | 16 | |
| Postal workers, mail sorters, messengers, couriers | 9211 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 5 | |
| Kitchen and catering assistants | 9223 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 5 | |
| All occupations | 1518 | 6 | 2204 | 8 | ||