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Civilian occupations with high fatal work injury rates

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Civilian occupations with high fatal work injury rates, 2023
Occupation Fatal work injury rate (per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers) Number of fatal work injuries

All workers

 3.5

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Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers

 19.0 171

Construction managers

 1.8 21

Food service managers

 1.2 15

Property, real estate, and community association managers

 1.2 10

Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers

 5.3 15

Registered nurses

 0.5 15

Emergency medical technicians and paramedics

    

Firefighters

    

Police officers

 11.3 84

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers

 9.2 79

Supervisors of food preparation and serving workers

 2.7 27

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

 13.9 38

Grounds maintenance workers

 20.5 226

First-line supervisors of retail sales workers

 1.7 53

First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers

 0.4 5

Cashiers (including gaming change persons and booth cashiers)

 4.0 72

Retail salespersons

 2.4 53

Miscellaneous agricultural workers

 20.2 146

Fishing and hunting workers

 86.9 19

Logging workers

 98.9 52

First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers

 15.4 113

Carpenters

 7.2 87

Construction laborers

 15.4 318

Construction equipment operators

 11.8 49

Electricians

 7.6 73

Painters and paperhangers

 9.4 47

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

 5.8 40

Roofers

 51.8 113

Structural iron and steel workers

 19.8 9

Helpers, construction trades

 27.4 16

Underground mining machine operators

 13.9 6

First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers

 18.7 47

Automotive service technicians and mechanics

 8.1 76

Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

 7.8 27

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers

 5.9 32

Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers

 4.4 22

Maintenance and repair workers, general

 11.2 74

Electrical power-line installers and repairers

 18.4 27

Telecommunications line installers and repairers

 8.0 13

First-line supervisors of production and operating workers

 3.3 27

Welding, soldering, and brazing workers

 8.3 48

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers

 31.3 62

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers

 26.8 984

Industrial truck and tractor operators

 6.1 39

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand

 6.0 114

Refuse and recyclable material collectors

 41.4 41

See data definitions at www.bls.gov/iif/definitions/census-of-fatal-occupational-injuries-definitions.htm.