Top 25 Dangerous Jobs – Highest Injury Rates 2011 and 2012

Top 25 Dangerous Jobs Using BLS Statistics

The Top 25 Dangerous Jobs list contained a few surprises.  The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes many great employment statistics.  When I was searching for the injury rates of the teacher from yesterday’s article, I came across the injury rate rankings of the most dangerous occupations.   

These are not the fatality rates that are referred to when mentioning dangerous jobs. This list is the highest risk for injury when compared to the same number of work hours.  

For the sake of readability and to fit all browsers, the rankings could not place them side-by-side for comparison.  The Top 25 Dangerous Jobs rankings are by SIC Code.  The SIC codes differentiate between State and Local government facilities.   

The usual industries with high injury rates were really no surprise except Skiing Facilities.   I had not really considered them to be a high-risk occupation.  One has to remember that these are all analyzed by the business or organization’s  SIC code, not the Workers Compensation Classification Codes.   

The companies and organizations that were highly ranked in 2011 and 2012 may be the most dangerous overall.  The  types of employment that appeared on the 2011 and 2012 lists in the Top 10 are:

1.     Fire protection

2.     Nursing and residential care facilities (State Govt.)

3.     Skiing facilities

4.     Police protection 

5.     Travel trailer and camper manufacturing

6.     Manufactured home (mobile home) manufacturing 

7.     Iron foundries 

 2012

1. Nursing and residential care facilities (State Govt)
2. Manufactured home (mobile home) manufacturing
3. Police protection      
4. Travel trailer and camper manufacturing   
5. Iron foundries                    
6. Fire protection      
7. Truck trailer manufacturing      
8. Truss manufacturing       
9. Heavy and civil engineering construction       
10. Skiing facilities          
11. Iron and steel forging
12. Veterinary services  
13. Nursing and residential care facilities (Local Govt)       
14. Hog and pig farming       
15. Beet sugar manufacturing                    
16. Prefabricated wood building manufacturing    
17. Hospitals       
18. Ambulance services       
19. Secondary smelting and alloying of aluminum       
20. Materials recovery facilities                     
21. Correctional institutions      
22. Animal (except poultry) slaughtering     
23. Aluminum foundries (except die-casting)     
24. Aluminum die-casting foundries       
25. Light truck and utility vehicle manufacturing

2011

1. Fire protection
2. Nursing and residential care facilities
3. Steel foundries (except investment)
4. Ice manufacturing
5. Skiing facilities
6. Police protection 
7. Travel trailer and camper manufacturing
8. Manufactured home (mobile home) manufacturing 
9. Iron foundries 
10. Copper foundries (except die-casting)
11. Pet and pet supplies stores
12. Seafood canning 
13. Nursing and residential care facilities (Local Government)
14. Soft drink manufacturing 
15. Ambulance services 
16. Aluminum foundries (except die-casting)
17. Beet sugar manufacturing 
18. Light truck and utility vehicle manufacturing 
19. Truck trailer manufacturing 
20. Metal tank (heavy gauge) manufacturing
21. Hospitals 
22. Heavy and civil engineering construction 
23. Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
24. Plate work manufacturing 
25. Consumer electronics and appliances rental

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