Construction & Workplace Accidents

Workplace Accidents

The 10 most dangerous jobs

Occupation Fatalities per 100,000 Timber cutters 117.8 Fishers 71.1 Pilots and navigators 69.8 Structural metal workers 58.2 Drivers-sales workers 37.9 Roofers 37 Electrical power installers 32.5 Farm occupations 28 Construction laborers 27.7 Truck drivers 25

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics; survey of occupations with minimum 30 fatalities and 45,000 workers in 2002

On-the-job killers

Type of incident 2002 deaths Aircraft accidents 192 Caught in running equipment 110 Drowning 60 Electrocution 289 Exposure to substances 98 Falls from ladder 126 Falls from roof 143 Fires/explosions 165 Highway collisions 635 Assaults/violence 840 Jackknifed or overturned truck 312 Overturned farm/industrial equipment 164 Struck by falling/flying object 506 Struck by vehicle 356 Suicides 199

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