Deadliest Jobs

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Find the top ten civilian occupations with the highest fatality rates.

oregon loggers

Oregon loggers
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Rank Occupation Fatality rate Number of fatalities
1 Loggers 97.6 74
2 Fishers and related fishing worker 77.4 30
3 Aircraft pilots and flight engineers 58.9 70
4 Roofers 51.5 96
5 Refuse and recyclable material collectors 44.3 37
6 Driver/sales workers and truckers 26 966
7 Farmers, ranchers, other agricultural managers 24.7 257
8 Structural iron and steel workers 23.6 15
9 Construction trade supervisors 21 144
10 Landscaping workers 20.2 142
NOTE: 1. Rate per 100,000 full-time workers.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2019.

 

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