Table 1 Industries, number of participants, number of women, age, number of referents, and mean values of physical exposure variables.
| Industry | n | Women, n (%) | Age, mean (SD) years | Referents, n (%) | Mean (range, 90th percentile) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Repetitions/min | Force, scale 1–5 | Position, wrist out of neutral, % of time | |||||
| Food industry | |||||||
| Pig slaughtering | 211 | 29 (13.7) | 35.6 (9.4) | 15 (7.1) | 15.7 (6.5–18.0, 18.0) | 3.5 (0.5–4.5, 4.0) | 21.8 (2.2–32.1, 32.1) |
| Poultry slaughtering | 324 | 183 (56.5) | 34.4 (11.2) | 60 (18.5) | 27.1 (6.4–44, 36.6) | 2.5 (1.0–3.0, 3.0) | 33.4 (8.0–64.1, 64.1) |
| Meat canning | 154 | 27 (17.5) | 42.0 (10.1) | 46 (29.9) | 12.6 (1.0–26.3, 22.4) | 1.3 (0.2–2.3, 2.0) | 22.1 (0.0–38.6, 37.8) |
| Cookies production | 94 | 82 (87.2) | 38.8 (10.9) | 16 (17.0) | 16.0 (7.2–25.0, 25.0) | 0.8 (0.3–1.0, 1.0) | 14.7 (4.6–31.2, 25.1) |
| Textile production | |||||||
| Women's underwear | 92 | 89 (96.7) | 41.6 (11.0) | 15 (16.3) | 20.7 (10.3–33.0, 33.0) | 1.0 (0.6–1.0, 1.0) | 79.4 (52.4–87.4, 83.5) |
| Children's underwear | 126 | 126 (100) | 36.1 (9.6) | 8 (7.1) | 15.6 (6.8–23.5, 18.3) | 1.2 (0.7–2.0, 2.0) | 19.2 (0.0–35.0, 24.2) |
| Women's wear | 50 | 50 (100) | 38.2 (10.5) | 4 (8.0) | 12.0 (10.0–15.0, 15.0) | 2.0 (1.0–2.5, 2.5) | 29.9 (9.9–36.7, 36.7) |
| Other manufacturing | |||||||
| Toy production | 291 | 237 (81.4) | 41.1 (9.6) | 115 (39.5) | 11.8 (3.6–36.0, 15.3) | 0.5 (0.2–1.0, 0.7) | 19.3 (7.5–33.7, 23.6) |
| Plastic and paper production | 196 | 112 (57.1) | 41.0 (8.9) | 78 (39.8) | 11.8 (2.4–24.0, 19.5) | 1.2 (0.4–2.0, 1.8) | 24.0 (0.0–31.2, 31.2) |
| Plastic containers | 62 | 60 (96.8) | 41.3 (10.8) | 0 (0) | 11.7 (8.0–13.5, 13.5) | 1.3 (1.0–2.0, 2.0) | 21.0 (0.0–31.1, 31.1) |
| Electronics | 78 | 44 (56.4) | 37.1 (9.9) | 34 (43.6) | 16.6 (3.3–23.5, 23.5) | 1.5 (0.4–2.3, 2.0) | 34.1 (6.6–47.6, 47.6) |
| Life safe equipment | 82 | 50 (61.0) | 36.7 (9.0) | 9 (11.0) | 23.1 (2.5–32.4, 32.4) | 2.0 (0.8–3.0, 3.0) | 55.9 (0.0–87.6, 87.6) |
| Cardboard production | 156 | 5 (3.2) | 40.6 (9.1) | 40 (25.6) | 9.6 (1.5–62.0, 17.5) | 2.4 (0.5–3.0, 3.0) | 3.5 (0.0–34.6, 18.7) |
| Cardboard production | 186 | 6 (3.2) | 43.1 (9.8) | 76 (40.9) | 10.9 (1.0–34.3, 31.0) | 1.4 (0.2–2.0, 2.0) | 11.8 (0.0–91.3, 36.5) |
| Service and commerce | |||||||
| Postal | 149 | 56 (37.6) | 40.0 (9.4) | 48 (32.2) | 5.2 (0.4–12.8, 9.0) | 0.8 (0.1–2.0, 1.4) | 7.1 (0.0–52.3, 28.0) |
| Postal | 270 | 95 (35.2) | 32.4 (10.2) | 55 (20.4) | 6.3 (0.4–14.2, 9.0) | 0.8 (0.0–3.0, 1.6) | 3.6 (0.0–84.0, 12.2) |
| Bank | 518 | 518 (100) | 42.3 (9.7) | 189 (36.5) | 11.1 (0.3–23.6, 18.7) | 0.8 (0.0–1.9, 1.2) | 41.4 (0.0–88.8, 68.5) |
| Supermarket | 42 | 34 (81.0) | 26.1 (12.1) | 1 (2.3) | 9.0 (3.2–15.0, 15.0) | 1.2 (0.4–2.0, 2.0) | 13.0 (4.7–21.6, 21.6) |
| Supermarket | 42 | 20 (47.6) | 24.9 (11.1) | 4 (9.5) | 7.4 (2.2–16.2, 15.0) | 1.5 (0.4–3.2, 3.0) | 12.3 (3.7–26.7, 24.7) |
| Total | 3123 | 1823 (58.4) | 38.6 (10.7) | 813 (26.0) | 13.8 (0.3–62.0, 24.0) | 1.5 (0.0–4.5, 3.0) | 25.3 (0.0–91.3, 64.1) |