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Civilian occupations with high fatal work injury rates

Charts related to the latest "Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries" news release   |   More chart packages

Civilian occupations with high fatal work injury rates, 2021
Occupation Fatal work injury rate (per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers) Number of fatal work injuries

All workers

3.6

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Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers

17.5 167

Construction managers

2.7 28

Food service managers

1.8 21

Property, real estate, and community association managers

2.3 16

Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers

5.4 14

Registered nurses

0.6 18

Emergency medical technicians and paramedics

3.9 11

Firefighters

   

Police officers

   

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers

8.4 67

Supervisors of food preparation and serving workers

2.8 24

First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers

18.3 41

Grounds maintenance workers

19.1 225

First-line supervisors of retail sales workers

1.9 59

First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers

0.9 11

Cashiers (including gaming change persons and booth cashiers)

2.1 40

Retail salespersons

1.5 34

Miscellaneous agricultural workers

14.5 125

Fishing and hunting workers

75.2 23

Logging workers

82.2 43

First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers

17.1 117

Carpenters

5.9 68

Construction laborers

12.8 255

Construction equipment operators

11.9 45

Electricians

7.2 61

Painters and paperhangers

11.6 58

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

5.7 36

Roofers

59.0 115

Structural iron and steel workers

36.1 14

Helpers, construction trades

22.9 15

Underground mining machine operators

26.7 10

First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers

19.4 46

Automotive service technicians and mechanics

7.2 63

Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

7.4 28

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers

9.6 42

Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers

6.3 33

Maintenance and repair workers, general

15.9 95

Electrical power-line installers and repairers

22.0 30

Telecommunications line installers and repairers

10.0 13

First-line supervisors of production and operating workers

4.4 35

Welding, soldering, and brazing workers

7.5 43

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers

48.1 68

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers

28.8 1,032

Industrial truck and tractor operators

8.1 52

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand

6.4 124

Refuse and recyclable material collectors

27.9 23

See data definitions at www.bls.gov/iif/oshcfdef.htm.