Table THORM04
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 2006-2008
| Occupation(a) | SOC2000 | Rheumatologists (MOSS)(p) | Occupational physicians (OPRA)(b)(p) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Major group | Unit group | Annual average estimated cases(c) 2006-2008 | Rate per 100 000 workers per year(d) | Annual average estimated cases(c) 2006-2008 | Rate per 100 000 workers per year(d) | |
| Managers and Senior Officials | 1 | 40 | 1 | 19 | - | |
| Professional Occupations | 2 | 64 | 2 | 54 | 1 | |
| Biological scientists and biochemists | 2112 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 31 | |
| Associate Professional and Technical Occupations | 3 | 118 | 3 | 249 | 6 | |
| Laboratory technicians | 3111 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 23 | |
| Nurses | 3211 | 21 | 4 | 28 | 6 | |
| Police officers (sergeant and below) | 3312 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 14 | |
| Adminstrative and Secretarial Occupations | 4 | 183 | 5 | 166 | 5 | |
| Civil Service administrative officers and assistants | 4112 | 27 | 14 | 1 | 1 | |
| Local government clerical officers and assistants | 4113 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 12 | |
| Filing and other records assistants/clerks | 4131 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 5 | |
| Database assistants/clerks | 4136 | 13 | 19 | 17 | 25 | |
| General office assistants/clerks | 4150 | 28 | 4 | 42 | 6 | |
| Personal assistants and other secretaries | 4215 | 31 | 10 | 26 | 9 | |
| Skilled Trades Occupations | 5 | 258 | 8 | 290 | 9 | |
| Gardeners and groundsmen/groundswomen | 5113 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 13 | |
| Welding trades | 5215 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 34 | |
| Metal working production and maintenance fitters | 5223 | 9 | 4 | 36 | 17 | |
| Motor mechanics, auto engineers | 5231 | 19 | 10 | 25 | 13 | |
| Electricians, electrical fitters | 5241 | 11 | 5 | 19 | 9 | |
| Bricklayers, masons | 5312 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 3 | |
| Plumbers, heating and ventilating engineers | 5314 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 4 | |
| Carpenters and joiners | 5315 | 26 | 12 | 28 | 13 | |
| Construction trades n.e.c. | 5319 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 1 | |
| Chefs, cooks | 5434 | 42 | 18 | 1 | - | |
| Glass and ceramics maker | 5491 | - | - | 5 | 44 | |
| Personal Service Occupations | 6 | 58 | 2 | 91 | 4 | |
| Nursing auxiliaries and assistants | 6111 | - | - | 19 | 9 | |
| Ambulance staff (excluding paramedics) | 6112 | - | - | 18 | 111 | |
| Care assistants and home carers | 6115 | 14 | 2 | 52 | 8 | |
| Hairdressers, barbers | 6221 | 21 | 15 | - | - | |
| Sales and Customer Service Occupations | 7 | 43 | 2 | 39 | 2 | |
| Retail cashiers and check-out operators | 7112 | 28 | 2 | 17 | 1 | |
| Process, Plant and Machine Operatives | 8 | 220 | 11 | 313 | 15 | |
| Food, drink and tobacco process operatives | 8111 | 16 | 11 | 28 | 19 | |
| Chemical and related process operatives | 8114 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 60 | |
| Metal working machine operatives | 8125 | 21 | 28 | 16 | 21 | |
| Assemblers (vehicles and metal goods) | 8132 | 67 | 143 | 31 | 66 | |
| Assemblers and routine operatives n.e.c. | 8139 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 51 | |
| Road construction operatives | 8142 | 9 | 37 | 66 | 273 | |
| Heavy goods vehicle drivers | 8211 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 4 | |
| Elementary Occupations | 9 | 140 | 4 | 190 | 6 | |
| Labourers in building and woodworking trades | 9121 | 25 | 14 | 14 | 8 | |
| Packers, bottlers, canners, fillers | 9134 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 13 | |
| Labourers in process and plant operations n.e.c. | 9139 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 30 | |
| Other goods handling and storage occupations n.e.c. | 9149 | 18 | 5 | 35 | 10 | |
| Cleaners, domestics | 9233 | 29 | 5 | 31 | 5 | |
| All occupations | 1224 | 4 | 1416 | 5 | ||
Notes
- (a) All SOC2000 Major Groups are shown, as are SOC2000 Unit Groups with 10 or more actual cases reported to either MOSS or OPRA over the period 2006-2008. Figures are shown in light type if they are based on fewer than 10 actual cases.
- (b) Comparisons of rates based on OPRA reports are likely to be misleading because workers in some occupations are much more likely to have access to occupational physicians than those in others.
- (c) Some physicians report on a sample basis, for one month in each year. Estimated totals for these are calculated by multiplying the actual number of cases reported by 12.
- (d) The rates have been calculated using the average of the Office for National Statistics Annual Population Survey (APS) denominators for the years 2004-2006.
- "-" Can mean zero or rounds to zero.
- nec Not elsewhere classified.
- (p) Provisional.