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Civilian occupations with high fatal work injury rates

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Civilian occupations with high fatal work injury rates, 2019
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

 23.2 238

Construction managers

 0.7 7

Food service managers

 1.8 24

Property, real estate, and community association managers

 3.1 22

Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers

 6.5 18

Registered nurses

 0.6 18

Emergency medical technicians and paramedics

 3.2 8

Fire fighters

    

Police and sheriff's patrol officers

 11.1 86

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers

 6.8 63

Supervisors of food preparation and serving workers

 1.7 18

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

 12.6 35

Grounds maintenance workers

 19.8 229

First-line supervisors of retail sales workers

 2.4 81

First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers

 1.4 18

Cashiers (including gaming change persons and booth cashiers )

 2.2 51

Retail salespersons

 1.4 36

Miscellaneous agricultural workers

 19.8 181

Fishers and related fishing workers

 145 44

Logging workers

 68.9 46

First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers

 18.7 136

Carpenters

 7.9 99

Construction laborers

 15 293

Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

 12.8 52

Electricians

 7.2 68

Painters, construction and maintenance

 7.5 42

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

 6.1 40

Roofers

 54 111

Structural iron and steel workers

 26.3 18

Helpers, construction trades

 40 20

Mining machine operators

   4

First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers

 14.6 44

Automotive service technicians and mechanics

 6.8 60

Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

 7.7 28

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers

 6.8 31

Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers

 6.4 32

Maintenance and repairs workers, general

 13.4 78

Electrical power-line installers and repairers

 13.3 20

Telecommunications line installers and repairers

 7.8 15

First-line supervisors of production and operating workers

 2.6 24

Welding, soldering, and brazing workers

 8.1 50

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers

 61.8 85

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers

 26.8 1,005

Taxi drivers and chauffeurs

 8 57

Industrial truck and tractor operators

 7 41

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand

 5 102

Refuse and recyclable material collectors

 35.2 31

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