jtd1776
jtd1776 t1_ja1nvsl wrote
Reply to comment by crazymoefaux in Workers tasked with moving products in the U.S. food and beverage supply chain are at a high risk of severe injuries and fatalities — Grocery wholesalers and grocery retail stores saw the highest number of injuries, followed closely by the warehousing and storage groups by marketrent
According to the latest data available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), there were 5,333 fatal work injuries recorded in the United States in 2020. Of those, 1,089 were homicides, which means that approximately 20% of all fatal work injuries in 2020 were homicides. This number includes police officers.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), there were 614 fatal occupational injuries among delivery and other miscellaneous drivers in the United States in 2020. This category includes all drivers who are not classified as heavy or tractor-trailer truck drivers, but who operate vehicles to transport goods, make deliveries, or perform other similar duties. There is no specific number on intentional homicide of these people, who can be anything from Uber Eats, to Amazon drivers. Due to the nature of their job (driver) one can infer that most of their deaths likely resulted from a traffic collision or traffic incident.
According to the FBI's Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted (LEOKA) Program, which collects data on law enforcement officer fatalities in the United States, a total of 366 law enforcement officers died in the line of duty in 2020. Of those, 47 were feloniously killed, which means they were intentionally killed while performing their duties as law enforcement officers.
There are nearly we’re 3 million delivery drivers working in the US in 2020 according to BLS, and possibly many more unaccounted for freelance drivers working food delivery and other delivery services. There were approximately 700,000 police officers in the US in 2020.
I’ll let you do all the math, but I believe that sufficiently proves that police officers probably have a more dangerous job than pizza delivery drivers.
jtd1776 t1_ja0i4rz wrote
Reply to comment by kafelta in Workers tasked with moving products in the U.S. food and beverage supply chain are at a high risk of severe injuries and fatalities — Grocery wholesalers and grocery retail stores saw the highest number of injuries, followed closely by the warehousing and storage groups by marketrent
Police have the highest likelihood of being murdered over any other profession. There are certainly dangerous jobs with a high level of injury or accidental death but luckily OSHA and other oversight entities have regulations to increase workplace safety. If safety protocols are properly followed, chance of injury decreases. Most industrial accidents occur when the employee or the employer fail to follow proper protocol. So yes, statistically you’re more likely to be injured in a high risk profession like roofing, but the chance of being murdered or assaulted (which you have much less control of) is much higher in law enforcement than in construction industries.
jtd1776 t1_ja549fm wrote
Reply to comment by r-reading-my-comment in Workers tasked with moving products in the U.S. food and beverage supply chain are at a high risk of severe injuries and fatalities — Grocery wholesalers and grocery retail stores saw the highest number of injuries, followed closely by the warehousing and storage groups by marketrent
I must have missed that memo. Apparently OP missed my comment too because I haven’t seen an apology or retraction on their erroneous claim after I provided up to date BLS data disproving their assertion. I expect nothing less from Reddit.