REPITITIVE STRAIN INJURY (RSI)

Skilled building workers identified at greater RSI risk 

Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) is calling on the Government to encourage employers to do more to prevent and reduce repetitive strain injury (RSI) amongst British workers. The call comes as the latest figures from the HSE show that 213,000 people in work had a musculoskeletal upper limb or neck disorder that was caused or made worse by work in 2007/08.

HSE figures analysed by the Labour Research Department for the CSP are said to show that the jobs where workers are most likely to develop a musculoskeletal disorder mainly affecting the upper limbs or neck, such as RSI are:

  • Process, plant and machine operatives (1.21 per 100 workers)
  • Skilled construction and building trades (1.14 per 100 workers)
  • Health and social welfare associate professionals (1.10 per 100 workers)

The CSP is calling on Government to make the provision of occupational health services (OHS) a statutory duty and to promote the business and social case of providing OHS as well as providing employer incentives e.g tax relief on the OHS provision.

This article was posted on 24th February 2009 in ALL LATEST NEWS, MANUAL HANDLING.
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