2007 Occupations with Highest Fatality Rate and 2007 Positions with Most Fatalities

arrow · Oct 17, 2008

What!!! and I didn't get killed? No wonder I took up motorcycling and gone cross country twice with it. I guess your number is your number. What's the statistic on marriage?

JSharp · Oct 17, 2008

Northstar9126 said:
I heard that working at a convenience store was one of the most dangerous jobs. Doesn't even make the top ten.

Location dependent. All the folks working at small town Caseys stores make the overall stats look good. But working a 7-11 in the inner city is still probably not too safe...

JSharp · Oct 17, 2008

arrow said:
I guess your number is your number. What's the statistic on marriage?

100% of the time one partner leaves the marriage...

dmccarty · Oct 20, 2008

8. Sales supervisors

Number of victims: 148

Most common manner of death: homicides, 63 percent

Seems like there might be so backlash on the quotas.....

Surprised by the lack of EMT/Firemen on the list AND that pilots/aircrew are on the list.

Later,
Dan

LBrown59 · Oct 20, 2008

I didn't see miners or farmers ; 2 of the 3 top most hazardous occupations.

L . B .

Podunkadunk · Oct 23, 2008

dmccarty said:
Seems like there might be so backlash on the quotas.....

Surprised by the lack of EMT/Firemen on the list AND that pilots/aircrew are on the list.

Later,
Dan

That's because on the first list are the jobs with the (Highest Fatality Rates). It just means that when there's a mishap/accident, Pilots and Flight Engineers usually die. Augering in will definitely do that!

However, for that same list, (Highest Fatality Rates), I would assume that the total mishaps that all firemen endured, the percentage is high on them that make it out alive, thus the reason they didn't make that particular list.

Is my logic skewed?

"Aviation in itself is not inherently dangerous, but like the sea it is terribly unforgiving of any carelessness, incapacity or neglect." -anyone who has ever spent much time in the air.

Podunk

dmccarty · Oct 24, 2008

Podunkadunk said:
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Is my logic skewed?
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Podunk

Nope I think you are correct. But given the safety of commercial aviation, pilot/aircrew in the list surprised me. Maybe the list includes GA and military?

The lack of fireman on th elist surprised me for the opposite reason. Its just ain't safe.

But if the rate is low enough... On the other hand we have lost many LEOs this year in NC. The only loss of firefighter(s) I can think off is the incident were a number of them were killed in one fire. Can't remember if that was in SC or NC though.

We had an HP officer killed a month or so ago. They had just had a premie baby that was in bad shape. The baby died this week or last. The living h...l the wife/mother and the rest of the family is going through is horrible.

Later,
Dan

tallyho8 · Oct 24, 2008

There is an average of only 100 firefighters killed a year in the US which is a very low percentage giving them a low fatality rate.

Of these, 44% die of heart attacks.

There are many firefighters, especially volunteer firefighters, over 50 who are not in the best recommended physical condition to be firefighters.

Any loss of our first responders is tragic, I am just pointing out why they are not listed in the occupations with the highest fatality rates.

Podunkadunk · Oct 24, 2008

dmccarty said:
We had an HP officer killed a month or so ago. They had just had a premie baby that was in bad shape. The baby died this week or last. The living h...l the wife/mother and the rest of the family is going through is horrible.

Later,
Dan

That is absolutely terrible! Surely she must be sedated...that's just too much for a person to endure. I pray nothing like that ever happens to my wife, or to me. Breaks my heart...

Public servants, Firemen, LEO, etc. is extremely risky in this day and age. You definitely have to have your head on straight. I wonder if the recent birth of his premie baby, with complications, distracted him any, contributing to his death?

Sad, really sad.

Podunk