The 10 Deadliest Jobs:

Cyclist

Numbers are deaths/100,000.

Fishermen: 128.9
Logging workers: 116.7
Aircraft pilots: 72.4
Iron and steelworkers: 46.4
Farmers and ranchers: 39.5
Garbage collectors: 36.8
Roofers: 34.4
Electrical power line installation/repair: 29.8
Truck drivers: 22.8
Oil and gas extraction: 21.9
Taxi drivers: 19.3
Drinking establishment employees: 17.0
Construction workers: 16.0
Police and deputies: 15.6

tag

Your point?

gandrfab

I feel safe flying in commercial jets, I don't like the working pilots death rate.

Play on numbers look at astronauts.

Fish Haid

So if I am a fisherman, I have a 98.711% chance of never dying?

tag

What I get out of this is if you carry a firearm you are less likely to die.

Fish Haid

Actually, the overall annual death rate for US is 807 per 100,000 (see http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm) . So, you are saying that all of the occupations above actually increase your chances of not dying by a factor of ~10? I think your data is screwed-up.

Buford Cletus

Fish Haid wrote: »

So if I am a fisherman, I have a 98.711% chance of never dying?

Of not dying on the job as a direct result of your job, yes.

Cyclist

tag wrote: »

What I get out of this is if you carry a firearm you are less likely to die.

But you are more likely to kill, especially if you are a scared cop. Scared cops suck.

GA Fin

Cyclist wrote: »

But you are more likely to kill, especially if you are a scared cop. Scared cops suck.

More like trigger happy cops. Being a cop without ever shooting your gun would be like a firefighter that never gets to put water on a fire.

Gardawg

If a cop is killed in a traffic accident while going to or from work it is considered a death while at work (unlike the others) ... so the job is actually safer than those numbers

but with 300 million guns in this country it's no wonder they ship their pants ever time they pull over someone (especially those scary black folk)

Fish Haid

Gardawg wrote: »

but with 300 million guns in this country it's no wonder they ship their pants ever time they pull over someone (especially those scary black folk)

They can't help it that they are bad drivers.

MRichardson

Firefighter's not even on the list.
That's surprising since my firefighter buddies always tell me
how dangerous and heroic their jobs are. Aside from when
they're working out or eating or napping.

GA Fin

MRichardson wrote: »

Firefighter's not even on the list.
That's surprising since my firefighter buddies always tell me
how dangerous and heroic their jobs are. Aside from when
they're working out or eating or napping.

It can be very dangerous. Actual firefighting is a small percentage of what a firefighter does. The firefighter that took my place(AFD 16-C hoseman) died of injuries from a structure fire(burn injuries, that's a tough way to go). http://apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefighter-fatalities/fatalityData/detail?fatalityId=3360

jad1097

:huh Am I the only one who noticed cyclist does not know how to count?

TripleX

Interesting...

rrbgtt

Well; it could be worse, #4 is better than 3 of them...

fishknut

Cyclist wrote: »

But you are more likely to kill, especially if you are a scared cop. Scared cops suck.

What really sucks is when you cant kick a coolers a s s ............

fishknut

Cyclist wrote: »

Numbers are deaths/100,000.

Fishermen: 128.9
Logging workers: 116.7
Aircraft pilots: 72.4
Iron and steelworkers: 46.4
Farmers and ranchers: 39.5
Garbage collectors: 36.8
Roofers: 34.4
Electrical power line installation/repair: 29.8
Truck drivers: 22.8
Oil and gas extraction: 21.9
Taxi drivers: 19.3
Drinking establishment employees: 17.0
Construction workers: 16.0
Police and deputies: 15.6

I think the biggest difference in the list is that most of the jobs are labor intensive, with the exception of taxi drivers and drinking establishment employees (strange stat). The last time I checked a lot of leo fatalities are due to motor vehicle crashes, followed by being assaulted. Because of the first reason a lot of agencies have really scrutinized what calls they will respond code three (lights and sirens) to. I wonder how many of the labor intensive deaths were preventable by following predetermined safety rules and guidelines, rather than taking short cuts.

Madpoodle

tag wrote: »

What I get out of this is if you carry a firearm you are less likely to die.

:thumbsup

9-Lives

Cyclist wrote: »

Numbers are deaths/100,000.

Fishermen: 128.9
Logging workers: 116.7
Aircraft pilots: 72.4
Iron and steelworkers: 46.4
Farmers and ranchers: 39.5
Garbage collectors: 36.8
Roofers: 34.4
Electrical power line installation/repair: 29.8
Truck drivers: 22.8
Oil and gas extraction: 21.9
Taxi drivers: 19.3
Drinking establishment employees: 17.0
Construction workers: 16.0
Police and deputies: 15.6

I actually looked this stat up just a couple of weeks ago. I was watching the TV show Black Gold and they made a comment that oil rig work was the 3rd most dangerous job so I was curious what the others were. Most my searches showed Loggers as #1 and Fisherman as #2 and some #3.

The 10 Deadliest Jobs:

1. Logging workers
2. Fishers and related fishing workers
3. Aircraft pilot and flight engineers
4. Roofers
5. Structural iron and steel workers
6. Refuse and recyclable material collectors
7. Electrical power-line installers and repairers
8. Drivers/sales workers and truck drivers
9. Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers
10. Construction laborers

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jacquelynsmith/2013/08/22/americas-10-deadliest-jobs-2/

another:
http://list25.com/25-most-dangerous-jobs-in-the-world/2/

another:
http://newsfeed.time.com/2014/01/15/these-are-the-top-10-most-dangerous-jobs-in-the-u-s/

Plenty more.....

reel stamas

While we're on the subject of the dangers of being a cop, I wonder how many cops are killed by criminals vs. how many kill themselves ?
(I wasn't able to easily Google the answer & gave up)

coldair

where to pot growing biologists fit in on that list?