Top 10 most dangerous jobs

[J Smith]

Saw this on the MSN site this morning.

Looks like we didn’t make the top 10 list this year. All that NFPA and OSHA stuff must be paying off.

According to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the workers most likely to be killed at work aren't the ones donning bullet-proof vests to capture criminals or saving victims from fire-engulfed buildings. Instead, the workers most likely to die on the job are the ones who help provide us with our daily needs like a safe home, food and electricity.

1. Logging workers
2. Aircraft pilots and flight engineers
3. Fishers and related workers
4. Structural iron and steel workers
5. Refuse and recyclable material collectors
6. Farmers and ranchers
7. Roofers
8. Electrical power line installers and repairers
9. Driver/sales workers and truck drivers
10. Taxi drivers and chauffeurs

[McFire]

Interesting, but I see that it says most "likely". What does the insurance industry say, since they're the ones who pay out. I read a lot of news and I don't see anything of most of those occupations. :confused:

Mac

[Monkey's Pop]

Nothing having to do with the military????? I'd say they got a pretty dangerous job!!!!!!

[Nater]

Pilots?...somehow I really doubt that list!

[nbfcfireman]

pilots...how many thousand are there in the country? how many died this year, what maybe 10 or so commercial pilots, you cant count the jackass weekend warrior with his little flying seat. As for the others that were rated most dangerous I could believe some of those...because.. they are not professions that have ever been in the spotlight. they are blue collar and that tends to only get you a small paragraph on the 3rd page of the local newspaper. Where as firefighters for the most part are considered blue collar we always get raised to a different level!! :confused: