High Risk Occupations for Musculoskeletal Disorders

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Economic News Release

• Registered nurses, nursing assistants and psychiatric aides
• Firefighters and prevention workers
• Laborers and freight, stock and material movers
• Janitors and cleaners
• Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers
• Refuse and recyclable material collectors
• Stock clerks and order fillers
• Maids and housekeeping cleaners
• Light truck or delivery services drivers
• Telecommunications line installers and repairers
• Bus drivers, transit and intercity
• Production workers
• Police and sheriff patrol officers
• Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers
• Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters
• Maintenance and repair workers, general