Top 10 at-risk jobs for back pain
Industry
Prevalence of back injuries
Lumber and building materials retailing
23.9%
Crude petroleum and natural gas extraction
22.0%
Sawmills, planing mills, and millwork
21.7%
Grocery stores
18.7%
Construction
17.8%
Trucking service
17.6%
Furniture and home furnishing stores
16.9%
Agricultural production, crops
16.7%
Auto and home supply stores
16.7%
Blast furnaces, steelworks, rolling and finishing mills
16.6%
Source: The National Center for Health Statistic’s 1998 National Health Interview Study.