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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.