Stress and MSDs top work-related ill health causes

摘要

One million employees were suffering from stress or musculoskeletal injuries caused by their work in 2016/17, according to figures from the Labour Force Survey. In total, 1.3 million workers reported suffering from work-related ill health between 1 April 2016 and 31 March 2017, the Health and Safety Executive's annual injury and ill health statistics show, 516,000 of which were new cases of ill health.