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You may have read news reports saying that America's Main Streeters want revenge on Wall Street for the financial meltdown and recession and mortgage foreclosures and lost life savings. That hardly makes fields like finance and insurance hazardous to be in, though. You're much, much likelier to get killed in other lines of work.
Recently released Department of Labor data show that fishermen （and fisherwomen） and other workers in fishing-related professions were the most likely to die on the job in 2008. Of 39,000 fishing workers in the nation, 50 were killed, a rate of 128.9 per 100,000 full-time workers. Rough seas, unpredictable deadly weather and isolation during emergencies all make the job more unsafe than any other. It's no wonder that the industry's perils have given rise to a popular documentary TV series, Deadliest Catch, and a best-selling book and hit Hollywood film, The Perfect Storm.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics' National Census of Fatal Occupation Injuries counted 5,071 fatal work injuries in 2008. That was 7.6% fewer than in 2007, and 13% less than in 2006, which marked a five-year high for workplace fatalities. That's the good news in the numbers.
Logging workers and aircraft pilots have the second and third deadliest jobs. Eighty-two loggers died last year from work injuries, some of them caused by falling trees and malfunctioning cutting equipment. Ninety aircraft pilots died in crashes and other accidents.
Transportation incidents are the most common cause of fatalities, overall. This year, 40.5% of the worker deaths, 2,053 of them, were transportation-related. More than half were highway incidents, which have been the most common killer every year since the Labor Department started tracking workplace fatalities in 1992. Equipment- and objects-related injuries came in a distant second, accounting for 923 fatalities, or 18.2%.
While putting in 57% of the total hours worked by Americans, men made up 92.7% of the workplace fatalities. The relatively few women killed were more likely to die from on-the-job homicide, though: 26% of the female workplace deaths were murders, compared with only 9% of the male deaths. "For several occupations with high fatality rates, including truck drivers and farmers, and several industries with high fatality rates, like construction and mining, men constitute a much larger part of the total employment," Stephen Pegula, an economist with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, explains. "In addition, women are often employed in occupations and industries, like trade and leisure/hospitality, where homicides are more prevalent."
The construction industry suffered the largest number of deaths. Its fatality rate per 100,000 full-time workers was only 9.6, less than a 10th of that of people in fishing, but that added up to 969 deaths in 2008, no less than 19.1% of all U.S. workplace fatalities.
What about those Wall Streeters? People in finance and insurance actually had the lowest fatality rate of any occupation -- 0.3 deaths per 100,000 full-time workers, or just 24 people across the nation.
Top 5 America's Deadliest Jobs
1. Fishers and Related Fishing Workers
The Job: Capture aquatic animals in large quantities.
The Dangers: Extreme weather, large equipment, drowning
The Fatality Rate*: 128.9
Total Fatalities in 2008: 50
*per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers
2. Logging Workers
The Job: Cut down and trim trees for sale and transport.
The Dangers: Falling trees, cutting equipment, difficult terrain
The Fatality Rate*: 115.7
Total Fatalities in 2008: 82
*per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers
3. Aircraft Pilots and Flight Engineers
The Job: Operate planes and helicopters.
The Dangers: Testing equipment, emergency response, crashes
The Fatality Rate*: 72.4
Total Fatalities in 2008: 90
*per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers
4. Structural Iron and Steel Workers
The Job: Mold, set and handle metal construction materials.
The Dangers: Heights, heavy materials, welding
The Fatality Rate*: 46.4
Total Fatalities in 2008: 36
*per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers
5. Farmers and Ranchers
The Job: Grow and cultivate livestock and crops.
The Dangers: Heavy machinery.
The Fatality Rate*: 39.5
Total Fatalities in 2008: 317
*per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers
你可能已經讀過有關美國華爾街從業人員由于金融風暴、經濟蕭條及抵押贖回權、畢生積蓄的喪失而希望對華爾街進行報復的新聞報道。雖然那幾乎讓金融業保險業的從業人員等陷于極其危險的境地，但實際上在其他行業你有更加更加大的可能被"謀殺".
最近公布的勞工部的數據顯示，漁民及其他與釣魚有關的職業是2008 年最有可能死亡的職業。國內的39000名漁民中，50人死亡，也就是每100000名全職工人中有128.9人死亡。風大浪急的海面，不能預測的致命天氣以及遇到緊急情況時與世隔絕都使得這份工作比其他都更不安全。毫無疑問正是這種行業的危險促使了電視記錄片"致命瞬間"以及暢銷書、好萊塢大片"完美風暴"的流行。
美國勞工統計局的全國致命工傷普查列出了2008年中的5071項致命工傷，比2007年少了7.6%,比2006年少了13%--五年內最多工傷惡性事故的一年。這在數字上來說是件好事。伐木搬運業工人及飛機駕駛員分別奪得致命職業的第二和第三名。去年有82名伐木搬運工死于工傷事故，其中一些是死于折斷的樹木及故障的切割機器。90名飛行員死于飛機墜毀及其他事故。
總體來講，運輸事故是所有惡性事故最普遍的起因。僅在今年就有40.5%的工人，也就是2053人，是死于運輸事故的。其中高速公路事故占了過半數，是自 1992年勞工局開始跟蹤工作場所惡性事故始最常見的"殺手".器械及物品有關的工傷事故遠遠地排在后面，共計923例惡性事故，也就是18.2% 在美國人的工作總時間中，男性占了57%,同時也占了92.7%的工作場所的惡性事件。相對少的女性死亡事故中，較多死于在工作期間被殺害：與男性的9%相比，女性的工傷死亡事故有約26%是死于謀殺的。"在幾個高死亡率的職業諸如貨車司機、農民，高死亡率行業諸如建筑業和采礦業中，男性占了相當大的受雇率，" Stephen Pegula,美國勞工統計局的一名經濟學家解釋道。"另外，通常情況，更多的女性在兇殺案較普遍的職業及行業諸如貿易業、娛樂業和酒店業中受雇。"
建筑業是死亡人數最多的行業。雖然他的工傷死亡率比漁業的十分之一還低，大約每100000全職工人中只有9.6人死亡，但在2008年中就有969人死亡，不少于美國所有工傷死亡人數的19.1%. 那么華爾街的工作人員呢？實際上金融業和保險業的人的工傷死亡率比其他任何行業都低--每100000全職工作人員中只有0.3個死亡事故，全國只占24人 美國致命職業前五名
1.漁民及漁業相關工作人員
工作性質：大量捕捉水生動物
危險處：極端的氣候，大量的工具，溺水
死亡率：128.9（每100000全職工人）
2008年總死亡人數：50
2.伐木搬運工
工作性質：砍樹及修剪樹木以便銷售和搬運
危險處：折斷的樹，切割設備，險峻的地形
死亡率：115.7（每100000全職工人）
2008年總死亡人數：82
3.飛行員和隨機工程師
工作性質：控制飛機和直升飛機
危險處：測控設備，緊急情況的回應，墜機
死亡率：72.4（每100000全職工人）
2008年總死亡人數：90
4.煉鐵煉鋼業工人
工作性質：澆鑄，定型并處理金屬建材
危險性：高度，重的材料，焊接
死亡率：46.4（每100000全職工人）
2008年總死亡人數：36
5.農民和大農場主
工作性質：種植和培育家畜和谷物
危險性：重的機器
死亡率：39.5（每100000全職工人）
2008年總死亡人數：317
