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Re: Logging fatality rate
Author: AL Stangenberger
Date: 12-23-2019 - 23:48

Joe Magruder Wrote:
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> The accident rates must have been astounding in
> this pre workmen's comp era.

Logging workers still have the highest fatality rate of any occupation in the USA.

USA Today 2018 article based on Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries

#1: Logging - Fatal injuries in 2016: 135.9 per 100,000 workers
#2: Commercial fishing - Fatal injuries in 2016: 86.0 per 100,000 workers
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#25: HVAC mechanics - Fatal injuries in 2016: 8.4 per 100,000 workers

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