Top 10 of the jobs with the most fatal injuries per 100,000 workers
- #1 Loggers 135.9
- #2 Fishing workers 86.0
- #3 Aircraft pilots 55.5
- #4 Roofers 48.6
- #5 Garbage/recycling collectors 34.1
- #6 Structural iron and steel workers 25.1
- #7 Truck drivers 24.7
- #8 Farmers/ranchers 23.1
- #9 Construction foremen 18.0
- #10 Landscapers 17.4
Figures are deaths per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries for 2016, the most recent year for which statistics are available.
