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 2005-2007

Occupation(a)			Rheumatologists (MOSS)(p)		Occupational physicians (OPRA)(b)(p)
	SOC2000		Annual average estimated cases(c) 2005-2007	Rate per 100 000 workers per year(d)	Annual average estimated cases(c) 2005-2007	Rate per 100 000 workers per year(d)
	Major group	Unit group	Annual average estimated cases(c) 2005-2007	Rate per 100 000 workers per year(d)	Annual average estimated cases(c) 2005-2007	Rate per 100 000 workers per year(d)
Managers and Senior Officials	1		49	1	88	2
Professional Occupations	2		68	2	112	3
Biological scientists and biochemists		2112	-	-	25	32
Secondary education teaching professionals		2314	5	1	14	4
Associate Professional and Technical Occupations	3		206	5	740	19
Laboratory technicians		3111	4	7	18	31
IT operations technicians		3131	12	10	21	17
Nurses		3211	46	9	181	36
Midwives		3212	-	-	8	22
Paramedics		3213	4	20	33	164
Medical radiographers		3214	8	37	36	167
Pharmaceutical dispensers		3217	4	12	18	54
NCOs and other ranks		3311	-	-	73	131
Police officers (sergeant and below)		3312	17	11	116	73
Prison service officers (below principal officer)		3314	1	2	36	91
Journalists, newspaper and periodical editors		3431	4	7	15	25
Broadcasting associate professionals		3432	-	-	22	50
Adminstrative and Secretarial Occupations	4		233	7	315	9
Civil Service administrative officers and assistants		4112	13	7	10	5
Local government clerical officers and assistants		4113	5	3	41	21
Accounts and wages clerks, book-keepers, other financial clerks		4122	8	1	13	2
Counter clerks		4123	30	16	8	4
Filing and other records assistants/clerks		4131	20	13	21	14
Database assistants/clerks		4136	13	19	33	48
General office assistants/clerks		4150	44	7	79	12
Medical secretaries		4211	4	6	32	47
Personal assistants and other secretaries		4215	52	16	36	11
Receptionists		4216	9	4	17	7
Typists		4217	18	148	6	46
Skilled Trades Occupations	5		352	12	511	17
Gardeners and groundsmen/groundswomen		5113	28	17	76	46
Welding trades		5215	17	23	29	39
Metal working production and maintenance fitters		5223	21	9	60	27
Motor mechanics, auto engineers		5231	15	8	32	16
Electricians, electrical fitters		5241	23	10	53	23
Bricklayers, masons		5312	10	10	11	12
Plumbers, heating and ventilating engineers		5314	32	18	36	20
Carpenters and joiners		5315	27	10	54	20
Construction trades n.e.c.		5319	12	6	8	4
Plasterers		5321	5	10	9	19
Painters and decorators		5323	21	15	8	6
Chefs, cooks		5434	59	25	13	6
Glass and ceramics makers, decorators and finishers		5491	4	29	7	50
Personal Service Occupations	6		98	4	309	14
Nursing auxiliaries and assistants		6111	5	2	129	63
Ambulance staff (excluding paramedics)		6112	-	-	59	335
Care assistants and home carers		6115	30	5	75	12
Hairdressers, barbers		6221	26	17	-	-
Sales and Customer Service Occupations	7		58	3	88	4
Sales and retail assistants		7111	25	2	41	3
Retail cashiers and check-out operators		7112	22	8	5	2
Customer care occupations		7212	4	2	22	8
Process, Plant and Mechine Operatives	8		285	14	638	32
Food, drink and tobacco process operatives		8111	25	17	68	46
Chemical and related process operatives		8114	1	1	48	107
Plastics process operatives		8116	8	18	7	15
Process operatives n.e.c.		8119	-	1	22	96
Paper and wood machine operatives		8121	17	35	9	19
Metal working machine operatives		8125	17	22	40	51
Assemblers (electrical products)		8131	5	11	17	34
Assemblers (vehicles and metal goods)		8132	80	155	43	83
Assemblers and routine operatives n.e.c.		8139	9	17	35	62
Road construction operatives		8142	13	49	100	391
Construction operatives n.e.c.		8149	1	1	31	36
Heavy goods vehicle drivers		8211	13	5	50	17
Van drivers		8212	10	5	22	11
Bus and coach drivers		8213	1	1	7	6
Fork-lift truck drivers		8222	17	18	19	20
Elementary Occupations	9		257	8	414	13
Labourers in building and woodworking trades		9121	41	22	20	10
Packers, bottlers, canners, fillers		9134	26	20	38	29
Labourers in process and plant operations n.e.c.		9139	12	16	44	58
Other goods handling and storage occupations n.e.c.		9149	24	6	88	24
Postal workers, mail sorters, messengers, couriers		9211	29	14	24	12
Kitchen and catering assistants		9223	9	2	15	4
Cleaners, domestics		9233	54	10	42	7
Refuse and salvage occupations		9235	1	2	40	136
All occupations			1874	7	3232	12

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 2005-2007. 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 2005-2007.
"-" Can mean either zero or rounds to zero.
nec Not elsewhere classified.
(p) Provisional