Civilian occupations with high fatal work injury rates
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Civilian occupations with high fatal work injury rates, 2020
Occupation
Fatal work injury rate (per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers)
Number of fatal work injuries
All workers
3.4 -
Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers
20.9 207
Construction managers
3.4 33
Food service managers
1.1 12
Property, real estate, and community association managers
2.6 18
Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers
6.2 11
Registered nurses
0.4 11
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics
2.8 9
Firefighters
Police and sheriff's patrol officers
13.4
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers
8.3 61
Supervisors of food preparation and serving workers
2.8 22
First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers
15.3 37
Grounds maintenance workers
19.4 202
First-line supervisors of retail sales workers
2.0 61
First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers
1.0 12
Cashiers (including gaming change persons and booth cashiers)
3.0 54
Retail salespersons
1.6 36
Miscellaneous agricultural workers
16.6 144
Fishing and hunting workers
132.1 42
Logging workers
91.7 42
First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers
11.7 88
Carpenters
7.8 79
Construction laborers
18.1 308
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators
17.6 56
Electricians
8.0 70
Painters, construction and maintenance
11.6 53
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
5.2 30
Roofers
47.0 88
Structural iron and steel workers
32.5 16
Helpers, construction trades
43.3 19
Underground mining machine operators
21.6 10
First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers
14.4 35
Automotive service technicians and mechanics
7.2 54
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists
6.0 22
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers
5.1 22
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers
6.2 30
Maintenance and repair workers, general
12.3 70
Electrical power-line installers and repairers
18.6 26
Telecommunications line installers and repairers
11.6 15
First-line supervisors of production and operating workers
3.2 25
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers
9.2 48
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers
34.3 50
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers
25.8 887
Industrial truck and tractor operators
5.9 32
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand
5.0 88
Refuse and recyclable material collectors
33.1 30
See data definitions at www.bls.gov/iif/oshcfdef.htm .
United States Department of Labor
