Top 10 Deadliest Jobs In the US Source: Forbes No. 1 Logging Workers Source: BLS.gov BLS job description: “Logging workers harvest thousands of acres of forests each year. The timber they harvest provides the raw material for countless consumer and industrial products.” Fatality Rate*: 91.3 Total Fatalities in 2013**: 59 No. 2 Fishers And Related Fishing Workers BLS job description: “Fishers and related fishing workers catch and trap various types of marine life. The fish they catch are for human food, animal feed, bait, and other uses.” Fatality Rate*: 75 Total Fatalities in 2013**: 27 No. 3 Aircraft Pilots And Flight Engineers BLS job description: “Pilot and navigate the flight of fixed-wing, multi-engine aircraft, usually on scheduled air carrier routes, for the transport of passengers and cargo. Requires Federal Air Transport certificate and rating for specific aircraft type used. Includes regional, National, and international airline pilots and flight instructors of airline pilots.” Fatality Rate*: 50.6 TotalFatalities in 2013**: 63 No. 4 Roofers Gety.Og.com BLS job description: “Cover roofs of structures with shingles, slate, asphalt, aluminum, wood, or related materials. May spray roofs, sidings, and walls with material to bind, seal, insulate, or soundproof sections of structures.” Fatality Rate*: 38.7 Total Fatalities in 2013**: 69 No. 5 Refuse And Recyclable Material Collectors BLS job description: “Collect and dump refuse or recyclable materials from containers into truck. May drive truck.” Fatality Rate*: 33 Total Fatalities in 2013**: 33 *Per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers. **Based on 2013 preliminary data. No. 6 Mining Machine Operators BLS job description: “Operate self-propelled mining machines that rip coal, metal and nonmetal ores, rock, stone, or sand from the mine face and load it onto conveyors or into shuttle cars in a continuous operation.” Fatality Rate*: 26.9 Total Fatalities in 2013**: 16 No. 7 Driver/Sales Workers And Truck Drivers TruckingTruth.com BLS jobdescription: “Drive truck or other vehicle over established routes or within an established territory and sell or deliver goods, such as food products, including restaurant take-out items, or pick up or deliver items such as commercial laundry. May also take orders, collect payment, or stock merchandise at point of delivery.” and “Drive a tractor-trailer combination or a truck with a capacity of at least 26,000 pounds Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW). May be required to unload truck. Requires commercial drivers’ license.” Fatality Rate*: 22 Total Fatalities in 2013**: 748 No. 8 Farmers, Ranchers, And Other Agricultural Managers BLS job description: “Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers run establishments that produce crops, livestock, and dairy products.” Fatality Rate*: 21.8 Total Fatalities in 2013**: 220 No. 9 Electrical Power-Line Installers And Repairers Source: Outsource.net BLS job description: “Install or repair cables or wires used in electrical power or distributionsystems. May erect poles and light or heavy duty transmission towers.” Fatality Rate*: 21.5 Total Fatalities in 2013**: 27 No. 10 Construction Laborers BLS job description: “Perform tasks involving physical labor at construction sites. May operate hand and power tools of all types: air hammers, earth tampers, cement mixers, small mechanical hoists, surveying and measuring equipment, and a variety of other equipment and instruments. May clean and prepare sites, dig trenches, set braces to support the sides of excavations, erect scaffolding, and clean up rubble, debris and other waste materials. May assist other craft workers.” Fatality Rate*: 17.7 Total Fatalities in 2013**: 215 <script> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i[‘GoogleAnalyticsObject’]=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)})(window,document,’script’,’//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js’,’ga’); ga(‘create’, ‘UA-58517984-1’, ‘auto’); ga(‘send’, ‘pageview’); </script>
