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Table 4 Common Characteristics of the top 25 occupations with WRMSDs in the five major service sectors

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

Variables

Number

Percentage

The leading major causes of disorders

not applicable

5243

71.20

overexertion

1631

22.15

repetitive motions

311

4.22

the others

179

2.43

The day when the industrial accident frequently happened

Monday

1549

21.04

Tuesday

1145

15.55

Wednesday

1121

15.22

Thursday

1216

16.51

Friday

1316

17.87

Saturday

710

9.64

Sunday

307

4.17

The time at which accident occurred

10:00

1471

19.98

09:00

968

13.14

11:00

879

11.94

the others

4046

54.94

The days away from work for treatment

29-90 days

3315

45.02

91–180 days

1768

24.01

the others

2281

30.97

The amount of lost work days

0-50 days

2549

34.61

51–100 days

2111

28.67

the others

2704

36.72

  1. Data including missing values were excluded