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urgjotonlkec t1_j4l8shv wrote

A job which is way down the list: being a cop. And most of the danger there is just from driving around a lot. Just thought I'd mention that because tens of millions of people have more dangerous jobs, but aren't allowed to use that as an excuse to kill people any time they get nervous.

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jayrocksd t1_j4mrhl0 wrote

They're not even on the list as BLS rate data lumps cops into either Federal, State, or Local government workers.

www.bls.gov/iif/fatal-injuries-tables.htm#rates

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urgjotonlkec t1_j4msddj wrote

I've seen them on other lists. Being a cop is more dangerous than the average job, but nowhere near being one of the most dangerous. And, as already mentioned, the overwhelming majority of deaths are due to vehicular accidents.

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jayrocksd t1_j4mwxga wrote

I don't doubt it, but if you exclude accidents, I suspect the fatality rates would look different for other occupations as well. Looking at the BLS data, one quarter of all logging deaths in 2021 were also vehicular accidents.

The FBI statistics seem to indicate that more officers died from felonious assault with a firearm in 2021 (61) than from vehicular accidents (32 in crashes and 20 struck by a vehicle as a pedestrian.)

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Mendicant__ t1_j4o2imh wrote

If you pull out their rates of assault where they don't die, the job starts sounding a lot more dangerous, even if a lot of those "assaults" are bullshit.

Being a cop is genuinely dangerous, and the fact that it's not in the top ten most fatal jobs doesn't make it safe any more than Scottie Pippen not being one of the top ten greatest basketball players of all time makes him a mediocre player.

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KR1735 t1_j4p4xv2 wrote

Grade school student is probably higher on the list.

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NIRPL t1_j4l1i9k wrote

Weren't loggers also reported as being the happiest/most overall satisfied workers in any industry as well? Where are the crab fishermen?

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toso_o OP t1_j4lz6dj wrote

Loggers can be happiest workers but still it's one of the deadliest jobs

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EspritFort t1_j4kx7jj wrote

"President of the United States" would crush the top rank!

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ippon1 t1_j4l6fp4 wrote

In Austria almost half of the Presidents died in office.

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toso_o OP t1_j4ky2t5 wrote

:D :D but actually it makes sense!

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makerofpaper t1_j4maen5 wrote

Aircraft pilots are right after roofers? Da fuuu?

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toso_o OP t1_j4mhmoc wrote

I think there are also included pilots of small single engine planes.

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ricochet48 t1_j4mejua wrote

Would be interesting to see the % male of these jobs, from the looks of it I would estimate well over 80%, probably closer to 90%.

Logging being on top makes sense, that seems inherently dangerous even with much improved safety standards (wonder how high it was 100 years ago too).

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ma8033 t1_j4oi088 wrote

The most dangerous jobs in America are POTUS and rapper

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BigCommieMachine t1_j4o7uik wrote

I imagine these are on-the-job deaths.

I’d LOVE to see just the deadliest profession overall regardless of how they died.

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ChuckChuckelson t1_j4kyr89 wrote

Bad data. Where is trucking?

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Flat_Huckleberry_396 t1_j4l3war wrote

"we find out that the number of deaths among truck drivers has increased by 16.3 percent since 2020" its addressed later in the article

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toso_o OP t1_j4kz55j wrote

Data is from U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

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