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In Great Britain, the rate of work-related musculoskeletal disorders in construction was 2,000 per 100,000 workers, or 2.0 percent, a significantly higher rate than the average for all industries.
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In the source's own words
“The broad industry categories of Construction (2,000 per 100,000 workers), Transportation and storage (1,800 per 100,000 workers), Administrative and support service activities (1,700 per 100,000 workers) all had significantly higher rates than the average for all industries”
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders statistics in Great Britain, 2025, Health and Safety Executive (HSE), 2025, Work-related musculoskeletal disorders by industry, page 12.
Open the original- What it measures
- HSE's average over 2022/23 to 2024/25 across all industries was 1,180 per 100,000 workers. The construction rate is averaged over three years, not a single year.
- What it does not show
- Self-reported survey estimate for one broad industry category. Construction covers many trades, so the figure does not describe computer-based work in construction offices.
In the data
A row of Repetitive Strain Injury Statistics: How Common Is RSI, as HSE 2025, construction: 2 percent.
- Condition
- Work-related musculoskeletal disorders
- Who
- Workers in construction, Great Britain
- Period
- Not stated
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year
- 2024
- Note
- HSE gives the rate per 100,000 workers, averaged over 2022/23 to 2024/25. 2,000 per 100,000 is 2.0 percent.
Source
Used to calculate
- In the prevalence of repetitive strain and computer-related pain dataset, the 8 published figures for “Work-related musculoskeletal disorders” have a median of 1.8 percent, ranging from 1.5 to 2.6.
- The prevalence of repetitive strain and computer-related pain dataset holds 18 data points, each a published figure traced to its source.
- The prevalence of repetitive strain and computer-related pain dataset draws on 9 distinct sources.