Loggers, Fishers, and Sailors have the Most Dangerous Jobs in the United States

NEW YORK - March 27, 2019 - PRLog -- AdvisorSmith, a leading information resource for small business owners, today released its study on the top 20 most dangerous jobs in America. In this study, 384 professions were ranked based on their rate of fatal occupational injury per 100,000 workers.

Key Findings

• The average U.S. job had a fatal injury rate of 3.5 per 100,000 workers.
• The most dangerous jobs were held by logging workers, fishing workers, sailors, aircraft pilots, and paving operators. Logging was 31 times more dangerous than the average job.
• Self-employed workers were four-and-a-half times more likely to die on the job than hourly and salaried workers.

Top 20 Most Dangerous Jobs

1. Logging workers
Fatal injury rate: 109.3 per 100,000 workers
Total deaths (2017): 55

2. Fishers and related fishing workers
Fatal injury rate: 74.2 per 100,000 workers
Total deaths (2017): 41

3. Sailors and marine oilers
Fatal injury rate: 55.1 per 100,000 workers
Total deaths (2017): 9

4. Aircraft pilots and flight engineers
Fatal injury rate: 50.4 per 100,000 workers
Total deaths (2017): 59

5. Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators
Fatal injury rate: 46.7 per 100,000 workers
Total deaths (2017): 12

6. Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators
Fatal injury rate: 42.4 per 100,000 workers
Total deaths (2017): 13

7. Derrick, rotary drill, and service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining
Fatal injury rate: 40.1 per 100,000 workers
Total deaths (2017): 10

8. Other transportation workers
Fatal injury rate: 39.2 per 100,000 workers
Total deaths (2017): 8

9. Roofers
Fatal injury rate: 39.0 per 100,000 workers
Total deaths (2017): 91

10. Maintenance workers, machinery
Fatal injury rate: 37.4 per 100,000 workers
Total deaths (2017): 9

11. Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders
Fatal injury rate: 35.9 per 100,000 workers
Total deaths (2017): 6

12. Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners
Fatal injury rate: 34.3 per 100,000 workers
Total deaths (2017): 0

13. Refuse and recyclable material collectors
Fatal injury rate: 31.9 per 100,000 workers
Total deaths (2017): 30

14. Structural iron and steel workers
Fatal injury rate: 28.0 per 100,000 workers
Total deaths (2017): 14

15. Driver/sales workers and truck drivers
Fatal injury rate: 26.0 per 100,000 workers
Total deaths (2017): 987

16. Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers
Fatal injury rate: 25.6 per 100,000 workers
Total deaths (2017): 258

17. Rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators
Fatal injury rate: 25.4 per 100,000 workers
Total deaths (2017): 3

18. Reinforcing iron and rebar workers
Fatal injury rate: 25 per 100,000 workers
Total deaths (2017): 3

19. Riggers
Fatal injury rate: 24.4 per 100,000 workers
Total deaths (2017): 1

20. First-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers
Fatal injury rate: 23.1 per 100,000 workers
Total deaths (2017): 11

To view the full report, visit: https://advisorsmith.com/data/most-dangerous-jobs/

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