The Most Dangerous Jobs [Infographic]
No employee, when heading in to work, thinks to himself or herself: “I’m going to get killed at work today.” But it happens, and there are some occupations where it happens more frequently. What are the most dangerous jobs?
The Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that in 2012, 4,383 fatal work injuries were recorded in the United States, down from a revised count of 4,693 fatal work injuries in 2011. The 2012 total represents the second-lowest preliminary total since CFOI was first conducted in 1992.
The rate of fatal work injury for U.S. workers in 2012 was 3.2 per 100,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers, down from a rate of 3.5 per 100,000 in 2011.
