[zeugma]

To follow up on my previous post...

America's Most Dangerous Jobs

Job	Number Of Fatalities	Fatality Rate*
Timber Cutters	105	122.1
Fishermen	52	108.3
Pilots	230	100.8
Structural Metal Workers	47	59.5
Extractive Occupations	69	53.9
Roofers	65	30.2
Construction Workers	288	28.3
Truck Drivers	852	27.6
All Occupations	5,915	4.3

All data for calendar year 2000. *Deaths per 100,000 employed. Sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Labor

[thefactor]

i heard an interesting stat the other day. one that is obvious but i hadn't realized.

police officer's have the only job in the world where, in peace time, death results from gunshot wounds.

death in those other jobs you listed, while dangerous, result from accidents. although the numbers don't lie, i do see a distinction.

[Scotsman will be Free]

151 cops, including feds, were killed in 2000 according to the National Law Enforcement Memorial assn. I don’t know the number of total LE in the country so I don’t know what the ratio would be, though one site listed 940,000 “employees”. Not sure what they are counting there.