What is the deadliest job (most deaths and highest death percentage) in the United States?

mementoflash

Commercial fisherman. Mar 12 06, 9:43 AM

almanac23

Construction Worker Mar 12 06, 11:01 AM

lanfranco

According to statistics compiled in 2002 in the U.S., you're most likely to be killed on the job if you happen to cut down trees for a living. Timber! Commercial fishermen came in second -- they're most in danger of drowning, not of being attacked by an outraged fish -- and commercial pilots third. http://www.safetycenter.navy.mil/articles/dangerousjob.htm Mar 12 06, 12:46 PM

xfacilitatorx

I have always heard that comm. fishin' in the North Pacific/Arctic was # 1. Thanks Lanfranco for the new confirmation. Mar 12 06, 1:24 PM

iamtheotaku

Crab fishing Mar 12 06, 2:02 PM

crisw

Actually, when you look at all classes of jobs, including the little-known ones, percentagewise you are in the greatest danger if you are an elephant trainer. "Based on employment figures of about 600 known elephant trainers in the United States, this would produce a fatality rate of 333 per 100,000 workers and a relative risk that is 68 times greater than for the typical worker. Clearly, in this analysis an elephant trainer has the highest risk of a fatal work injury even though the frequency is low or nonexistent in some years" http://www.menstuff.org/issues/byissue/dangerousjobs.htm Mar 12 06, 3:00 PM