cops like to brag and tell that they risk their lives for us on a daily basis and that they have the most dangerous jobs on earth. in none of these tables did being a cop come in as being the most dangerous job. and in several of the tables the job of being a police officer didnt even show up in the top 10. and cops never came in lower then 7th place. and that only happened once. firemen also like to do the same type of bragging. firemen only showed up in one table and they came in 14th place. 1 timber cutters 2 fishers 3 pilots and navigators 4 structural metal workers 5 driver-sales workers 6 roofers 7 electrical power installers 8 farm occupations 9 construction laborers 10 truck drivers Original Article 1. Truck driver 2. Farm worker 3. Sales supervisor/proprietor 4. Construction worker 5. Police detective 6. Airplane pilot 7. Security guard 8. Taxicab driver 9. Timber cutter 10. Cashier 11. Fisherman 12. Metal worker 13. Roofer 14. Firefighter Source: U.S. Labor Department http://www.comebackalive.com/df/dngrjobs.htm Occupation Relative Risk* Leading Fatal Event Average All Jobs 1.0 Homicide and Accidents 1 Fishers 21.3 Drowning 2 Timber Cutters 20.6 Struck by Object 3 Airplane Pilots 19.9 Airplane Crashes 4 Structural Metal Workers 13.1 Falls 5 Taxi Cab Drivers 9.5 Homicide 6 Construction Workers 8.1 Vehicular, Falls 7 Roofers 5.9 Falls 8 Electric Power Installer/Repairer 5.7 Electrocution 9 Truck Driver 5.3 Highway Crashes 10 Farm Occupations 5.1 Vehicular 11 Police, Detectives, Supervisors 3.4 Homicide, Highway Crashes 12 Nonconstruction Laborers 3.2 Vehicular 13 Electricians 3.2 Electrocution 14 Welders and Cutters 2.4 Falls, fires 15 Guards 2.3 Homicide 16 Groundkeepers and Gardeners 1.9 Vehicular 17 Carpenters 1.6 Falls 18 Auto Mechanics 1.1 Highway Crashes, Homicide 19 Supervisors, Proprietors, Sales 1.0 Homicide 20 Cashiers 0.9 Homicide Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics - Compensation and Working Conditions Online http://www.menstuff.org/issues/byissue/dangerousjobs.htm Occupation Fatalities per 100,000 1 Timber cutters 118 2 Fishers 71 3 Pilots and navigators 70 4 Structural metal workers 58 5 Drivers-sales workers 38 6 Roofers 37 7 Electrical power installers 32 8 Farm occupations 28 9 Construction laborers 27 10 Truck drivers 25 Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics; survey of occupations with minimum 30 fatalities and 45,000 workers in 2002 http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/invest/extra/P63405.asp Job Number Of Fatalities Fatality Rate 1 Timber Cutters 105 122.1 2 Fishermen 52 108.3 3 Pilots 230 100.8 4 Structural Metal Workers 47 59.5 5 Extractive Occupations 69 53.9 6 Roofers 65 30.2 7 Construction Workers 288 28.3 8 Truck Drivers 852 27.6 All Occupations 5,915 4.3 http://www.forbes.com/2002/09/03/0903worksafe.html 1. Timber cutters 2. Airplane pilots 3. Construction laborers 4. Truck drivers 5. Farm occupations 6. Groundskeepers 7. Laborers 8. Police and detectives 9. Carpenters 10. Sales occupations http://www.insurance.com/Article.aspx/artid/23 1 Timber Cutters 2 Fishers 3 Pilots & Navigators 4 Structural Metal Workers 5 Driver - Sales Workers 6 Roofers 7 Electrical Power Installers 8 Farm Occupations 9 Construction Laborers 10 Truck Drivers http://www.quia.com/rd/23965.html This article says that most of the cops that die are certainly not heros. Dangerous jobs More police officers die each year in patrol car crashes than at the hands of criminals, and most of the time the accidents occur when the officers are not speeding to an emergency, a new study says. But the researchers say the number of deaths could be reduced if police departments did more to encourage officers to use seat belts. The authors of the report, in The Journal of Trauma, reviewed hundreds of police car accidents across the country from 1997 to 2001 and also found that officers involved in crashes were 2.6 times as likely to be killed if they were not wearing seat belts... Dr. Jehle said that officers who were interviewed for the study were surprised to find that about 60 percent of the deaths occurred during routine driving. They tend to view the car as a haven. "It's their office," he said. "They're in it all the time." http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2005/02/dangerous_jobs.html Occupation (Number of fatalities in 2003) 1. Truck drivers (861) 2. Farmers/Ranchers (329) 3. Construction laborers (289) 4. Grounds maintenance workers (156) 5. Miscellaneous agricultural workers (131) 6. Police officers (128) 7. Retail managers (124) 8. Aircraft pilots (113) 9. Movers (106) 10. Logging workers (104) http://monster.typepad.com/monsterblog/2004/10/the_most_danger.html According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1.4 million injuries and illnesses that required recuperation away from work occurred in private industry in 2002. Sprains and strains were the leading cause of injury in every major industry. What occupations tend to report the highest number of injuries? 1 Truck drivers 2 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants 3 Laborers (nonconstruction) 4 Janitors and cleaners 5 Construction laborers 6 Assemblers 7 Carpenters 8 Supervisors, proprietors, salespeople 9 Cooks 10 Sales clerks http://www.emcins.com/emcrm/insights_newsletters/insight04v26/topten.htm