Minimum prevalence of exposure to hand transmitted vibration (A(8) >2.8 ms−2 rms) in the past week by occupation
| Occupation (SOC 90) | Sample | Population of Great Britain (in thousands): minimum estimated number with A(8) >2.8 ms−2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Minimum with A(8) >2.8 ms−2 | n | 95% CI | ||||
| n | % | ||||||
| Men: | |||||||
| All occupations | 5490 | 445 | 8.1 | 1198 | 1092 to 1304 | ||
| Carpenters and joiners (570) | 103 | 44 | 42.7 | 115 | 90 to 141 | ||
| Builders, building contractors (504) | 38 | 24 | 63.2 | 90 | 68 to 112 | ||
| Metal working, production and maintenance fitters (516) | 155 | 35 | 22.6 | 88 | 62 to 113 | ||
| Motor mechanics, autoengineers (including road patrol engineers) (540) | 55 | 21 | 38.2 | 72 | 48 to 96 | ||
| Electricians and electrical maintenance fitters (521) | 95 | 21 | 22.1 | 51 | 33 to 70 | ||
| Plumbers, heating and ventilating engineers, and related trades (532) | 42 | 12 | 28.6 | 44 | 23 to 66 | ||
| Welding trades (537) | 33 | 15 | 45.5 | 43 | 27 to 59 | ||
| Farm owners and managers, horticulturists (160) | 36 | 8 | 22.2 | 38 | 15 to 61 | ||
| Bricklayers, masons (500) | 41 | 13 | 31.7 | 33 | 18 to 47 | ||
| Gardeners, groundsmen (594) | 46 | 13 | 28.3 | 31 | 17 to 45 | ||
| Machine tool operatives (including CNC machine tool operatives) (840) | 55 | 7 | 12.7 | 17 | 5 to 28 | ||
| All other labourers and related workers (990) | 53 | 12 | 22.6 | 15 | 8 to 23 | ||
| Women: | |||||||
| All occupations | 3878 | 9 | 0.2 | 44 | 15 to 73 | ||
Analysis has been confined to occupations with ⩾30 in the sample. CNC = computer numerical control.