Analysis of 2016 fatality data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) shows that working in construction was the fourth-deadliest civilian job in the nation that year.
Of the nine deadliest civilian jobs in the United States, driving sales workers and truck drivers had the deadliest work, with 918 fatalities. Fishing workers had the fewest fatalities, 24. Construction workers had 134 fatalities, and roofers had 101, Fast Company reports. Farmers had the second-most fatalities in 2016 with 260.
While driving was the deadliest job in America in 2016, with 918 fatalities, it wasn’t the job with the the highest fatal injury rate. That distinction goes to logging with 135.9 fatal work injuries per 100,000 workers.
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