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美国最致命的五项职业

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核心提示: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 t

      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

      你可能已经读过有关美国华尔街从业人员由于金融风暴、经济萧条及抵押赎回权、毕生积蓄的丧失而希望对华尔街进行报复的新闻报道。虽然那几乎让金融业保险业的从业人员等陷于极其危险的境地,但实际上在其他行业你有更加更加大的可能被"谋杀".

      最近公布的劳工部的数据显示,渔民及其他与钓鱼有关的职业是2008 年最有可能死亡的职业。国内的39000名渔民中,50人死亡,也就是每100000名全职工人中有128.9人死亡。风大浪急的海面,不能预测的致命天气以及遇到紧急情况时与世隔绝都使得这份工作比其他都更不安全。毫无疑问正是这种行业的危险促使了电视记录片"致命瞬间"以及畅销书、好莱坞大片"完美风暴"的流行。

      美国劳工统计局的全国致命工伤普查列出了2008年中的5071项致命工伤,比2007年少了7.6%,比2006年少了13%--五年内最多工伤恶性事故的一年。这在数字上来说是件好事。伐木搬运业工人及飞机驾驶员分别夺得致命职业的第二和第三名。去年有82名伐木搬运工死于工伤事故,其中一些是死于折断的树木及故障的切割机器。90名飞行员死于飞机坠毁及其他事故。

      总体来讲,运输事故是所有恶性事故最普遍的起因。仅在今年就有40.5%的工人,也就是2053人,是死于运输事故的。其中高速公路事故占了过半数,是自 1992年劳工局开始跟踪工作场所恶性事故始最常见的"杀手".器械及物品有关的工伤事故远远地排在后面,共计923例恶性事故,也就是18.2% 在美国人的工作总时间中,男性占了57%,同时也占了92.7%的工作场所的恶性事件。相对少的女性死亡事故中,较多死于在工作期间被杀害:与男性的9%相比,女性的工伤死亡事故有约26%是死于谋杀的。"在几个高死亡率的职业诸如货车司机、农民,高死亡率行业诸如建筑业和采矿业中,男性占了相当大的受雇率," Stephen Pegula,美国劳工统计局的一名经济学家解释道。"另外,通常情况,更多的女性在凶杀案较普遍的职业及行业诸如贸易业、娱乐业和酒店业中受雇。"

      建筑业是死亡人数最多的行业。虽然他的工伤死亡率比渔业的十分之一还低,大约每100000全职工人中只有9.6人死亡,但在2008年中就有969人死亡,不少于美国所有工伤死亡人数的19.1%. 那么华尔街的工作人员呢?实际上金融业和保险业的人的工伤死亡率比其他任何行业都低--每100000全职工作人员中只有0.3个死亡事故,全国只占24人 美国致命职业前五名

      1.渔民及渔业相关工作人员

      工作性质:大量捕捉水生动物

      危险处:极端的气候,大量的工具,溺水

      死亡率:128.9(每100000全职工人)

      2008年总死亡人数:50

      2.伐木搬运工

      工作性质:砍树及修剪树木以便销售和搬运

      危险处:折断的树,切割设备,险峻的地形

      死亡率:115.7(每100000全职工人)

      2008年总死亡人数:82

      3.飞行员和随机工程师

      工作性质:控制飞机和直升飞机

      危险处:测控设备,紧急情况的回应,坠机

      死亡率:72.4(每100000全职工人)

      2008年总死亡人数:90

      4.炼铁炼钢业工人

      工作性质:浇铸,定型并处理金属建材

      危险性:高度,重的材料,焊接

      死亡率:46.4(每100000全职工人)

      2008年总死亡人数:36

      5.农民和大农场主

      工作性质:种植和培育家畜和谷物

      危险性:重的机器

      死亡率:39.5(每100000全职工人)

      2008年总死亡人数:317

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