Dive Brief:
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Construction workers have the 10th deadliest of all jobs, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says in its National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries.
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Those who work in the nine deadliest occupations are: loggers, fishermen, aircraft pilots and flight engineers, roofers, trash collectors, mining machine operators, drivers, farmers and ranchers, and electric utility workers.
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More Hispanics—797— died at work than any other demographic group, Nearly 600 of them, mostly Mexicans, were foreign-born.
Dive Insight:
BLS estimates that 4,405 workers died on the job in 2013. About 40% of those deaths were from transportation accidents, followed by workplace violence and homicides—at 17%—while falls, trips and equipment accidents accounted for 16%.