Farming and other selected occupations with high fatality rates, 2006

Horizontal Bar chart with 11 items.

Item 1, Fishers and related fishing workers 141.7.
Item 2, Aircraft pilots and flight engineers 87.8.
Item 3, Logging workers 82.1.
Item 4, Structural iron and steel workers 61.
Item 5, Refuse and recyclable material collectors 41.8.
Item 6, Farmers and ranchers 37.1.
Item 7, Electrical power-line installers and repairers 34.9.
Item 8, Rooters 33.9.
Item 9, Drivers/sales workers and truck drivers 27.1.
Item 10, Miscellaneous agricultural workers 21.7.
Item 11, All workers 3.9.

141.7
87.8
82.1
61.0
41.8
37.1
34.9
33.9
27.1
21.7
3.9
Fatality rate (per 100,000 employed)
Rate=Fatal work injuries/employment x 100,000. Employment data based on the 2005 Current Population Survey (CPS) and Department of Defense (DOD) figures.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Current Population Survey, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, and U.S. Department of Defense, 2005.

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