10

Most Dangerous

Jobs of 2019

In reality, those with the most dangerous jobs aren’t astronauts, super-spies, Avengers, or shark wranglers armed with lightsabers. They’re people doing the difficult and often undervalued work the world depends on—people like maintenance workers, farmers, construction workers, and truck drivers.

At the top of the list? Well, take a look for yourself:

Grounds Maintenance Workers

10

9

21.0 fatal work injury rate

53 fatalities

Electrical Power-Line Installers & Repairers

18.7 fatal work injury rate

26 fatalities

Truck Drivers and Other Drivers

8

7

26.8 fatal work injury rate

987 fatalities

Farmers, Ranchers and Agricultural Managers

 24.0 fatal work injury rate

258 fatalities

Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors

6

5

35.0 fatal work injury rate

30 fatalities

Structural Iron and Steel Workers

 33.4 fatal work injury rate

14 fatalities

Aircraft Pilots and Flight Engineers

4

3

48.6 fatal work injury rate

59 fatalities

Roofers

45.2 fatal work injury rate

91 fatalities

Fishers and Related Fishing Workers

2

1

99.8 fatal work injury rate

41 fatalities

Logging Workers

84.3 fatal work injury rate

55 fatalities

We can all do our part in protecting our economy’s most vulnerable workers. Go tell the pilots, roofers, loggers, and other high-risk workers in your life that you appreciate them. Especially those fishers (who, after all, aren’t that different from shark wranglers).

Then, commit to a safer—and more productive—workplace by implementing a systematic environmental health and safety program.

KPA can show you how.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2019