Logging workers, aircraft pilots and flight engineers, fishers and related
fishing workers, and structural iron and steel workers were among the occupations
with the highest fatality rates in 2004, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Download NowJobs with high work fatality rates included:
- Logging workers (92.4 per 100,000 workers, 85 fatalities)
- Aircraft pilots and flight engineers (92.4 per 100,000, 109 fatalities)
- Fishers and related fishing workers (86.4 per 100,000, 38 fatalities)
- Structural iron and steel workers (47.0 per 100,000, 31 fatalities)
- Refuse and recycle material collectors (43.2 per 100,000, 35 fatalities)
- Farmers and ranchers (37.5 per 100,000, 307 fatalities)
- Roofers (34.9 per 100,000, 94 fatalities)
- Electrical power-line installers and repairers (30.0 per 100,000, 36 fatalities)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (27.6 per 100,000, 905 fatalities)
- Taxi drivers and chauffeurs (24.2 per 100,000, 67 fatalities)
Fatalities among these ten occupations accounted for nearly 30 percent of all
work fatalities last year. Overall, a total of 5,703 fatal work injuries were
recorded in the United States in 2004, up 2 percent from 2003.