These dangerous jobs often involve the use of heavy machinery and frequently take place in perilous locations, like on top of a building or out in the remote wilderness.
There were 5,250 fatal job-related injuries in 2018, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a slight increase from the previous year. While no job is completely free of risk, most jobs are relatively safe. Yet there are quite a few professions that are far more dangerous, and where the risk of dying is more than 10 times higher compared to the average American occupation.
To determine the 25 most dangerous jobs in America, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed fatal injury rates for 71 occupations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Census ofprogram. These occupations are ranked based on the number of fatal accidents in 2018 per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers. In spite of the hazards these workers face every day, many of them are not highly compensated. Most of the jobs on this list have a median annual wage of less than $41,000. The danger these jobs pose, coupled with the low pay, have made many of these occupations some of the least desirable professions in the country.Some of the most dangerous jobs could soon be a thing of the past as improvements in technology means many of these jobs could soon be automated.
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