MEN@WORK:

From asthma to stress, the most common work-related health problems

Work can cause or aggravate many illnesses, diseases and disabilities but these are the most common work-related health problems.

Asbestos

The greatest single cause of work-related deaths in the UK.

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Asthma

Each year between 1,500 and 3,000 people in Britain develop occupational asthma. (Including  asthma made worse by work, this rises to 7,000 cases a year.)

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Back Pain

The most common form of ill health disorders at work.

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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (or ME)

This affects some 250,000 people in Britain and is usually work-related.

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Musculo-skeletal disorders

These are the most common occupational illness in Britain, affecting 1 million people a year.

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Noise at work

Over 1m workers are exposed to dangerous levels of noise at work.

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Repetitive Strain Injury

If you work at a computer or use machinery where you repeat the same small hand and arm movements over long periods, you can develop RSI.

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Stress

Stress accounts for an incredible one-third of all new cases of ill-health according to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Some 13.8 million working days were lost to work-related stress, depression and anxiety in 2006/07.

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