Civilian occupations with high fatal work injury rates
Charts related to the latest "Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries" news release | More chart packages
| Occupation | Fatal work injury rate (per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers) | Number of fatal work injuries |
|---|---|---|
All workers |
3.5 | - |
Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers |
24.0 | 258 |
Construction managers |
1.0 | 12 |
Food service managers |
1.5 | 19 |
Property, real estate, and community association managers |
2.3 | 16 |
Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers |
8.7 | 24 |
Registered nurses |
0.5 | 14 |
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
4.3 | 12 |
Fire fighters |
3.6 | 34 |
Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
12.9 | 95 |
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers |
7.1 | 63 |
Supervisors of food preparation and serving workers |
3.8 | 38 |
First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
21.0 | 53 |
Grounds maintenance workers |
15.5 | 191 |
First-line supervisors of retail sales workers |
2.3 | 79 |
First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers |
1.5 | 19 |
Cashiers (including gaming change persons and booth cashiers ) |
1.8 | 42 |
Retail salespersons |
1.6 | 43 |
Miscellaneous agricultural workers |
16.4 | 154 |
Fishers and related fishing workers |
99.8 | 41 |
Logging workers |
84.3 | 55 |
First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers |
17.4 | 121 |
Carpenters |
7.5 | 101 |
Construction laborers |
14.2 | 259 |
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
11.3 | 45 |
Electricians |
8.3 | 74 |
Painters, construction and maintenance |
8.9 | 44 |
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
7.1 | 43 |
Roofers |
45.2 | 91 |
Structural iron and steel workers |
33.4 | 14 |
Helpers, construction trades |
15.7 | 11 |
Mining machine operators |
11.7 | 7 |
First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
13.1 | 35 |
Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
7.2 | 66 |
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
6.9 | 29 |
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
5.4 | 24 |
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers |
5.4 | 28 |
Maintenance and repairs workers, general |
16.6 | 87 |
Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
18.7 | 26 |
Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
8.0 | 15 |
First-line supervisors of production and operating workers |
3.8 | 31 |
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers |
5.8 | 37 |
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers |
48.6 | 59 |
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers |
26.8 | 987 |
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
10.4 | 62 |
Industrial truck and tractor operators |
5.4 | 34 |
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
6.1 | 106 |
Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
35.0 | 30 |
