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The Most Dangerous Jobs In The United States

689 sats \ 19 comments \ @0xbitcoiner 4 Aug charts_and_numbers

Some jobs inherently carry significant risks due to factors such as hazardous working conditions, exposure to harmful substances, and the physical demands of the tasks.

Unfortunately, work injuries can sometimes be fatal, with the the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics recording 5,486 fatal work injuries in 2022.

2022 saw a 5.7% increase from the 5,190 fatal work injuries in 2021, and meant that a worker died every 96 minutes from a work-related injury that year.

This graphic visualizes the six occupations in the U.S. with the highest rates of fatal work injuries per 100,000 full-time workers, and their number of fatal work injuries in 2022.

The figures come from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and are updated as of December 2023.

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22 sats \ 0 replies \ @IamSINGLE 5 Aug

Most Dangerous Jobs in the World

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32 sats \ 7 replies \ @Undisciplined 4 Aug

Oftentimes, they'll code Alaskan jobs separately and exclude them. They skew the results badly, because they are so much more dangerous than their lower 48 counterparts.

50 sats \ 4 replies \ @Satosora 5 Aug

What? I have never heard of this. I heard their wages are better, but things are a lot pricer over there.

20 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined 5 Aug

That’s right, but many of the jobs are much more dangerous, because they’re done in more extreme conditions and they’re further from medical services.

34 sats \ 2 replies \ @Satosora 5 Aug

There was this position to run boilers at a research facility at the north pole. One of my coworkers ended up taking it and liking it. Good pay, but no life.

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 5 Aug

My parents have both worked in that kind of remote environment, but I never have. I’m pretty sure they were making like $100k back in the 80’s out there.

34 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 5 Aug

I dont know if I could ever do it. He told me it was great, but I dont know if I love snow that much. They bought him a bunch of snow gear, though. Its kind of specialized.

33 sats \ 1 reply \ @0xbitcoiner OP 4 Aug

I'm guessing that wasn't the case in this data because the Alaskan data is present in the database used in this compilation.

https://m.stacker.news/43487

https://www.bls.gov/iif/state-data/fatal-occupational-injuries-in-alaska-2022.htm

32 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 4 Aug

I suspected as much, because of the jobs on the list.

120 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 4 Aug

Female boxer in the Olympics?

Sorry I had to.

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 5 Aug

Ouch, that was such a low blow. Biologically, I mean.

22 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 4 Aug

https://m.stacker.news/43503

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @Signal312 4 Aug

Interesting - the last time I saw one of these lists, the most hazardous job was taxi driver, and the second was convenience store worker.

11 sats \ 1 reply \ @SatsMate 4 Aug

Whats the line of thought behind sales workers having such a high danger rate? Is it because of the amount of time they are traveling?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner OP 4 Aug

I think they're road accidents.

With a rate of 14.6 fatalities per 100,000 FTE workers, transportation and material moving occupations had the most fatalities in 2022 (1,620), up from 1,523 in 2021. The increase was due to fatalities to driver/sales workers and truck drivers increasing by 8.0 percent, from 1,032 fatalities in 2021 to 1,115 in 2022.

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cfoi.nr0.htm

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xIlmari 4 Aug

POTUS? 4 successful assassinations over 40-something "workers" with many more attempts.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 5 Aug

SO glad I am not in one of these trades. But I wont lie, my job can be dangerous. Especially when the boiler isnt properly maintained.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @krawall 5 Aug

wow I wouldn't have thought that Pilots and flight engineers would be that high up ... I wonder if these are all "professionals". (as opposed to hobby pilots ...)

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Enemy_of_the_state 17 Aug

Jobs is in the title. Yes airliners are safe, but that is only the top 5% of professional pilots. You don't start off flying airliners (in the US). You start in the military, or night cargo, air taxi, air ambulance, powerline/pipeline, flight instructing, etc. You are getting shot at, flying at low altitude, airplanes with less redundancy, and operating in more challenging conditions, often at night. No matter how good you are, you need some luck to survive the early years. I have 3 friends that should be dead, and I've lost one.