Characteristics of occupational musculoskeletal disorders of five sectors in service industry between 2004 and 2013

Table 2 Top five occupations of the highest number of approval for WRMSDs of each five sectors in service industry

Sectors(N)	Occupations	Number	Percentage
Health and social care (2681)	Early childhood educators	487	18.16
	Health care assistants	394	14.70
	Cooks^a	302	11.26
	Social welfare managers^b	223	8.32
	Nursing professionals	200	7.46
Education services (1126)	Cooks^c	825	73.27
	Office clerks	51	4.53
	Teaching professionals	38	3.75
	Teaching professionals not elsewhere classified^d	21	1.87
	Early childhood educators	20	1.78
Sanitation and similar services (1423)	Garbage collectors	466	32.75
	Sweepers	265	18.62
	Recycling collectors	119	8.36
	Construction labourers	109	7.66
	Forestry labourers^e	68	4.78
Wholesale, retail and consumer goods repair(5891)	Transport labourers^f	1735	29.45
	Storage labourers^g	837	14.21
	Shop salespersons	833	14.14
	Retail and wholesale trade managers	526	8.93
	Agricultural and sea food salesworkers	368	6.25
General management business such as building management (1609)	Building structure cleaners	649	40.34
	Domestic housekeepers	323	20.07
	Building supervisors	204	12.68
	Building caretakers	65	4.04
	Electrical equipment installers and repairers	42	2.61

^aCooks in health and social care: mainly worked for kindergarten, hospital and social welfare facilities
^bSocial welfare managers: mainly it refers to home visit care worker
^cCooks in education service: worked for school meals
^dTeaching professionals not elsewhereclassified: worked as assistants in science lab, art room, computer classroom and special-education school
^eForestry labourers: engaged in flower beds, tree-lined road and park maintenance
^fTransport labourers: general goods, liquor and beverage deliveryman in Mart, department stores and markets
^gStorage labourers: engaged in loading and unloading at warehouse, Mart, department stores and markets

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