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2.63percent
In Great Britain, skilled trades occupations had a rate of work-related musculoskeletal disorders of 2,630 per 100,000 workers, or 2.63 percent, averaged over 2022/23 to 2024/25.
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In the source's own words
“For the three-year period 2022/23-2024/25, Skilled trades occupations (2,630 per 100,000 workers), Caring, leisure and other service occupations (1,640 per 100,000 workers), Process, plant and machine operatives (2,470 per 100,000 workers), Elementary occupations (1,730 per 100,000 workers) had statistically significantly higher rates”
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders statistics in Great Britain, 2025, Health and Safety Executive (HSE), 2025, Work-related musculoskeletal disorders by occupation, page 13.
Open the original- What it measures
- HSE's average over 2022/23 to 2024/25 across all occupational groups was 1,180 per 100,000 workers. The rate is averaged over three years, not a single year.
- What it does not show
- Self-reported survey estimate for one broad occupational group. Skilled trades are mostly manual work, so the figure does not describe computer users.
In the data
A row of Repetitive Strain Injury Statistics: How Common Is RSI, as HSE 2025, skilled trades: 2.6 percent.
- Condition
- Work-related musculoskeletal disorders
- Who
- Skilled trades occupations, 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. 2,630 per 100,000 is 2.63 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.