The 10 Deadliest Jobs in the U.S.

10. Construction laborers are involved in fatal workplace incidents at a rate of 17.7 per 100,000 full-time workers.

9. Electrical power line installers and repairers are involved in fatal workplace incidents at a rate of 21.5 per 100,000 full-time workers.

8. Farmers, ranchers and other agricultural managers are involved in fatal workplace incidents at a rate of 21.8 per 100,000 full-time workers.

7. Drivers/sales workers and truck drivers are involved in fatal workplace incidents at a rate of 22 per 100,000 full-time workers.

6. Mining machine operators are involved in fatal workplace incidents at a rate of 26.9 per 100,000 full-time workers.[amazon asin=B00M19W20Y&template=*lrc ad (right)]

5. Refuse and recycle material collectors are involved in fatal workplace incidents at a rate of 33 per 100,000 full-time workers.

4. Roofers are involved in fatal workplace incidents at a rate of 38.7 per 100,000 full-time workers.

3. Aircraft pilots and flight engineers are involved in fatal workplace incidents at a rate of 50.6 per 100,000 full-time workers.

2. Fishers and related fishing workers are involved in fatal workplace incidents at a rate of 75 per 100,000 full-time workers.

1. Logging workers are involved in fatal workplace incidents at a rate of 91.3 per 100,000 full-time workers.

(Bureau of Labor Statistics Data via San Francisco Chronicle)

Reprinted with permission from Economic Policy Journal.

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