The 10 most dangerous jobs

Occupation	Fatalities per 100,000
Timber cutters	117.8
Fishers	71.1
Pilots and navigators	69.8
Structural metal workers	58.2
Drivers-sales workers	37.9
Roofers	37
Electrical power installers	32.5
Farm occupations	28
Construction laborers	27.7
Truck drivers	25

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics; survey of occupations with minimum 30 fatalities and 45,000 workers in 2002

On-the-job killers

Type of incident	2002 deaths
Aircraft accidents	192
Caught in running equipment	110
Drowning	60
Electrocution	289
Exposure to substances	98
Falls from ladder	126
Falls from roof	143
Fires/explosions	165
Highway collisions	635
Assaults/violence	840
Jackknifed or overturned truck	312
Overturned farm/industrial equipment	164
Struck by falling/flying object	506
Struck by vehicle	356
Suicides	199

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