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Rates of frequent exposure to different physical risk factors by occupation, 2024-2025

Management Education, law and social, community and government services Natural and applied sciences and related occupations Art, culture, recreation and sport Business, finance and administration Sales and service Health occupations Manufacturing and utilities Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations Natural resources, agriculture and related production 0 20 40 60 80 % Ambient risk factorsAmbient risk factors Biological and chemical risk factorsBiological and chemical risk factors Ergonomic risk factorsErgonomic risk factors
Note(s):
Employed population aged 15 to 69 living in the provinces. Based on variant of the National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2021 with aggregates for analysis of labour force. This variant groups all occupations with management responsibilities together into a single category. All other categories exclude middle management occupations. Frequent exposure is defined as having been exposed to the physical risk factor half of the time or more during the previous 12 months.
Source(s):
Canadian Survey on Working Conditions (5411), 2024-2025.

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This is a bar clustered chart.

Rates of frequent exposure to different physical risk factors by occupation, 2024-2025 , %
  Ambient risk factors Biological and chemical risk factors Ergonomic risk factors
Management 14.4 6.6 35.9
Education, law and social, community and government services 19.4 11.2 37.5
Natural and applied sciences and related occupations 10.1 5.5 40.1
Art, culture, recreation and sport 25.6 4.5 43.9
Business, finance and administration 8.7 4.4 44.2
Sales and service 28.1 15.2 60.7
Health occupations 21.4 46.6 72.1
Manufacturing and utilities 65.0 36.0 73.2
Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 64.7 36.3 74.5
Natural resources, agriculture and related production 64.9 33.6 74.9
Note(s):
Employed population aged 15 to 69 living in the provinces. Based on variant of the National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2021 with aggregates for analysis of labour force. This variant groups all occupations with management responsibilities together into a single category. All other categories exclude middle management occupations. Frequent exposure is defined as having been exposed to the physical risk factor half of the time or more during the previous 12 months.
Source(s):
Canadian Survey on Working Conditions (5411), 2024-2025.
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