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Even though driver/sales workers and
truck drivers experienced the highest
number of fatal injuries, the highest
fatal work injury rates were recorded
by fishers and by logging workers. The
fatal injury rate of 128.2 recorded by
fishers was more than 30 times the rate
of 3.7 for all workers.
Selected occupations with high fatal
injury rates, 2008
Occupation
Fishers and related
fishing workers
128.2
119.7
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers also
recorded relatively high fatality rates.
73.2
In 2008, the Bureau implemented
a new methodology, using hours
worked, rather than employment, for
fatal work injury rate calculations.
Rates are expressed per 100,000
full-time equivalent workers. Additional
information on changes in the fatal
work injury rate methodology is found
on the Internet at http://www.bls.
gov/iif/oshnotice10.htm.
85
Aircraft pilots and
flight engineers
91
35.5
Refuse and recyclable
material collectors
34.4
Roofers
36
324
30
69
Electrical power-line
installers and repairers
29.8
35
Driver/sales workers
and truck drivers
24.0
856
Taxi drivers and
chauffeurs
19.3
50
Total fatal work injuries = 5,214
All-worker fatal injury rate = 3.7
Farmers and ranchers
40.3
100
Logging workers
Structural iron and
steel workers
46.5
150
50
0
69
0
Fatal work injury rate
(per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers)
200
400
600
800
Number of fatal work injuries
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, April 2010.
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