Table THORM08
Work-related musculoskeletal 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 | 61 | 1 | 53 | 1 | |
| Professional Occupations | 2 | 80 | 2 | 89 | 2 | |
| Biological scientists and biochemists | 2112 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 31 | |
| Secondary education teaching professionals | 2314 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 3 | |
| Associate Professional and Technical Occupations | 3 | 193 | 4 | 607 | 14 | |
| Laboratory technicians | 3111 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 24 | |
| IT user support technicians | 3132 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 14 | |
| Nurses | 3211 | 29 | 6 | 155 | 31 | |
| Midwives | 3212 | - | - | 7 | 20 | |
| Paramedics | 3213 | 4 | 20 | 32 | 157 | |
| Medical radiographers | 3214 | 4 | 19 | 27 | 127 | |
| NCOs and other ranks | 3311 | - | 1 | 64 | 119 | |
| Police officers (sergeant and below) | 3312 | 12 | 7 | 67 | 41 | |
| Prison service officers (below principal officer) | 3314 | 9 | 23 | 41 | 103 | |
| Adminstrative and Secretarial Occupations | 4 | 212 | 6 | 231 | 7 | |
| Civil Service administrative officers and assistants | 4112 | 27 | 14 | 10 | 5 | |
| Local government clerical officers and assistants | 4113 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 21 | |
| Accounts and wages clerks, book-keepers, other financial clerks | 4122 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 2 | |
| Counter clerks | 4123 | 22 | 12 | - | - | |
| Filing and other records assistants/clerks | 4131 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 9 | |
| Database assistants/clerks | 4136 | 13 | 18 | 21 | 31 | |
| General office assistants/clerks | 4150 | 40 | 6 | 48 | 7 | |
| Personal assistants and other secretaries | 4215 | 40 | 13 | 35 | 11 | |
| Receptionists | 4216 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 5 | |
| Skilled Trades Occupations | 5 | 331 | 11 | 410 | 13 | |
| Gardeners and groundsmen/groundswomen | 5113 | 16 | 11 | 31 | 22 | |
| Welding trades | 5215 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 40 | |
| Metal working production and maintenance fitters | 5223 | 9 | 4 | 58 | 27 | |
| Motor mechanics, auto engineers | 5231 | 31 | 17 | 31 | 16 | |
| Electricians, electrical fitters | 5241 | 11 | 5 | 29 | 14 | |
| Bricklayers, masons | 5312 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 2 | |
| Plumbers, heating and ventilating engineers | 5314 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 6 | |
| Carpenters and joiners | 5315 | 31 | 15 | 37 | 17 | |
| Construction trades n.e.c. | 5319 | 28 | 16 | 5 | 3 | |
| Chefs, cooks | 5434 | 50 | 21 | 10 | 4 | |
| Glass and ceramics makers, decorators and finishers | 5491 | - | 3 | 7 | 62 | |
| Personal Service Occupations | 6 | 93 | 4 | 278 | 12 | |
| Nursing auxiliaries and assistants | 6111 | - | - | 90 | 43 | |
| Ambulance staff (excluding paramedics) | 6112 | - | - | 39 | 239 | |
| Care assistants and home carers | 6115 | 19 | 3 | 111 | 18 | |
| Educational assistants | 6124 | - | - | 18 | 4 | |
| Hairdressers, barbers | 6221 | 37 | 27 | 1 | - | |
| Caretakers | 6232 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3 | |
| Sales and Customer Service Occupations | 7 | 57 | 3 | 81 | 4 | |
| Sales and retail assistants | 7111 | 33 | 3 | 25 | 2 | |
| Retail cashiers and check-out operators | 7112 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |
| Customer care occupations | 7212 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 10 | |
| Process, Plant and Mechine Operatives | 8 | 274 | 13 | 525 | 26 | |
| Food, drink and tobacco process operatives | 8111 | 25 | 17 | 53 | 36 | |
| Glass and ceramics process operatives | 8112 | - | - | 8 | 105 | |
| Chemical and related process operatives | 8114 | 8 | 19 | 47 | 113 | |
| Metal working machine operatives | 8125 | 21 | 28 | 28 | 38 | |
| Assemblers (electrical products) | 8131 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 21 | |
| Assemblers (vehicles and metal goods) | 8132 | 68 | 146 | 40 | 86 | |
| Assemblers and routine operatives n.e.c. | 8139 | 21 | 40 | 35 | 69 | |
| Road construction operatives | 8142 | 13 | 52 | 75 | 312 | |
| Construction operatives n.e.c. | 8149 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 44 | |
| Heavy goods vehicle drivers | 8211 | 9 | 3 | 35 | 12 | |
| Van drivers | 8212 | 10 | 5 | 30 | 16 | |
| Fork-lift truck drivers | 8222 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 14 | |
| Elementary Occupations | 9 | 215 | 6 | 367 | 11 | |
| Labourers in building and woodworking trades | 9121 | 29 | 16 | 16 | 9 | |
| Packers, bottlers, canners, fillers | 9134 | 21 | 16 | 22 | 17 | |
| Labourers in process and plant operations n.e.c. | 9139 | 12 | 16 | 44 | 57 | |
| Stevedores, dockers and slingers | 9141 | 8 | 110 | 32 | 423 | |
| Other goods handling and storage occupations n.e.c. | 9149 | 27 | 7 | 78 | 21 | |
| Postal workers, mail sorters, messengers, couriers | 9211 | 17 | 8 | 18 | 9 | |
| Kitchen and catering assistants | 9223 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 4 | |
| Cleaners, domestics | 9233 | 38 | 7 | 53 | 9 | |
| Refuse and salvage occupations | 9235 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 85 | |
| Security guards and related occupations | 9241 | 9 | 5 | 25 | 15 | |
| All occupations | 1675 | 6 | 2660 | 9 | ||
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 2006-2008
- "-" Can mean either zero or rounds to zero."
- nec Not elsewhere classified.
- (p) Provisional
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