Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New data showed which jobs had the highest fatal work injury rates in 2024. Logging workers had a rate of over 100 per 100,000 ...

Some of America's most dangerous industries face cutbacks in worker safety training Fatal accident rate in fishing, logging and farming is seven times higher than U.S. overall Trump cuts to federal ...

More than 5,000 deadly work injuries were recorded in the U.S. in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, with truck drivers and construction trades workers accounting for a large ...

Loggers have by far the highest fatal injury rate of any other occupation, with nearly 100 on-the-job fatalities in 2016. Working with hazardous power tools and heavy equipment pose their own threats ...

Logging is the most dangerous job in the U.S., often leaving independent contractors without income after an injury. A retired forester established the Assisting Loggers Immediately Trust Fund (ALIFT) ...