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Stacy Conradt
The Quick 10: Jobs in the U.S. With the Most Fatalities
by Stacy Conradt - November 5, 2008 - 3:35 PM

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I sit at a desk all day, so my chances of dying because of a job-related injury are pretty slim. Fatal paper cut? Out-of-control stapler? Overly sharp pencil? Probably not. But the people on this list are at risk every single day. If one of these happens to be your job, thanks for doing it… and please, be careful! If you’re interested in more, check out the full article from Forbes.

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1. Commercial fisherman: 111.8 out of 100,000.
2. Loggers: 86.4 out of 100,000.
3. Pilots and flight engineers: 66.7 out of 100,000.
4. Construction workers in the iron and steel industry: 45.5 out of 100,000.
5. Farmers and ranchers: 38.4 out of 100,000.
6. Roofers: 29.4 out of 100,000.
7. Powerline workers: 29.1 out of 100,000.
8. Drivers (truckers and salespeople): 26.2 out of 100,000.
9. Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors: 22.8 out of 100,000.
10. Police: 21.4 out of 100,000.

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Comments (10)

  1. United States President 4 out of 44. I would say thats gotta be the highest.

    posted by Jadashay on 11-5-2008 at 4:07 pm

  2. that would be 1 out of 11

    posted by J 2 the Sun on 11-5-2008 at 4:22 pm

  3. Just out of curiosity. Where does a military front-line job fit in?

    posted by Tricia on 11-5-2008 at 4:35 pm

  4. 4 out of 44 translates into 9090.91 out of 100,000.

    Wow.

    posted by peacefulvalley on 11-5-2008 at 7:39 pm

  5. You think 4 out of 44 is bad, try 8 out of 42 (Cleveland is both 22nd and 24th, and Obama still isn’t President yet). Four have been assassinated, but four more died of non-bullet-related causes during their terms.

    posted by Etrigan on 11-5-2008 at 7:45 pm

  6. I’m surprised bike messenger isn’t up there

    posted by emilybird on 11-5-2008 at 8:40 pm

  7. What’s kind of crazy is that young men IN the military have a lower death rate than young men OUTSIDE the military, even factoring in all of the U.S. wars.

    Ooh, good recaptcha: accept role

    posted by gibson8or on 11-5-2008 at 10:34 pm

  8. Do astronauts fit under pilots and flight engineers? We’ve lost quite a few, and there never were that many of them.

    posted by Miss Cellania on 11-6-2008 at 12:16 am

  9. I always thought elephant trainers had the highest fatality rate. Might be too small of a sample size to qualify

    posted by John on 11-6-2008 at 10:49 am

  10. I’m surprised those of us who are office workers don’t die more often from having our heads explode as a consequence of listening to management spew ignorant jargon-filled blather.

    posted by airship on 11-6-2008 at 11:20 am

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