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Civilian occupations with high fatal work injury rates

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Civilian occupations with high fatal work injury rates, 2022
Occupation Fatal work injury rate (per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers) Number of fatal work injuries

All workers

 3.7

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Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers

 14.9 148

Construction managers

 2.9 32

Food service managers

 1.7 21

Property, real estate, and community association managers

 1.5 11

Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers

 4.7 15

Registered nurses

 0.7 20

Emergency medical technicians and paramedics

 3.7 11

Firefighters

    

Police officers

 14.3 116

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers

 11.8 91

Supervisors of food preparation and serving workers

 3.0 28

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

 17.3 47

Grounds maintenance workers

 18.9 222

First-line supervisors of retail sales workers

 1.9 59

First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers

 0.7 8

Cashiers (including gaming change persons and booth cashiers)

 3.5 67

Retail salespersons

 1.9 40

Miscellaneous agricultural workers

 20.0 146

Fishing and hunting workers

 50.9 16

Logging workers

 100.7 54

First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers

 16.4 113

Carpenters

 7.8 95

Construction laborers

 15.6 320

Construction equipment operators

 11.8 47

Electricians

 8.1 75

Painters and paperhangers

 6.7 38

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

 5.6 37

Roofers

 57.5 105

Structural iron and steel workers

 21.3 14

Helpers, construction trades

 38.5 20

Underground mining machine operators

 20.1 8

First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers

 14.7 38

Automotive service technicians and mechanics

 7.5 69

Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

 6.7 24

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers

 5.0 23

Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers

 8.7 42

Maintenance and repair workers, general

 14.9 95

Electrical power-line installers and repairers

 14.9 20

Telecommunications line installers and repairers

 11.0 15

First-line supervisors of production and operating workers

 2.1 19

Welding, soldering, and brazing workers

 10.4 61

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers

 35.9 72

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers

 30.4 1,115

Industrial truck and tractor operators

 8.8 56

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand

 6.9 142

Refuse and recyclable material collectors

 22.6 22

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