Regular jobs that are perilous- how many exist in the Great State

The most dangerous jobs in the United States according to Advisor Smith

#1 Logging- Fatality Injury rate is 70 per 100,000

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logging

Lumberman in protective workwear sawing with a chainsaw branches from a tree trunk in the forest. Concept of a professional logging

#2 Aircraft Pilot/ Flight Engineers- Fatality Injury rate is 60 per 100,000

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Pilots in the cockpit

#3 Roofers- Fatality Injury rate is 50 per 100,000

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Tile roof

Soft roof tiled gray grainy texture on the top of a village house; grey soft roofing tiles covering a building, focus on the middle distance, shallow depth of field

#4 Construction- Fatality Injury rate is 40 per 100,000

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Man standing on house under construction

#5 Crossing Guards- Fatality Injury rate is 38 per 100,000

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Crossing Guard

Male person got hit by a car

#6 Garbage Collectors- Fatality Injury rate is 31 per 100,000

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Robot Arm emptying Wheeled Recycling Bin.

#7 Farming Supervisors- Fatality Injury rate is 29 per 100,000

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Farmer researching growth of plant in greenhouse. Agriculture concept.

#8 Deliver Drivers- Fatality Injury rate is 28 per 100,000

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Delivery Driver

Postman delivery a package to a customer. Caucasian man loading moving boxes in to his car. View from the car trunk. Portrait of confidence express courier next to his delivery van

#9 Iron workers- Fatality Injury rate is 27 per 100,000

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Construction workers guide a beam in position. Backlit B&W

#10 Farmers- Fatality Injury rate is 25 per 100,000

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Farmer

Tractor working on the farm, modern agricultural transport, farmer working in the field, tractor on a sunset background, cultivation of land, agricultural machine

Many of these careers can be lumped together, such as roofers and construction since many contractors offer roofing as part of their service. Farming Supervisors and Farmers can also be lumped together as well as ranching. Incidentally, they list transportation incidents as the primary reason for fatalities in most of the categories with the exception of roofers, construction helpers and ironworkers. Those categories cited slip and fall as the reason for loss of life. Logging was the only stand alone and it is due to contact with falling objects for the #1 most dangerous ranking.

With the ranking also comes higher work comp rates. Roofing hold the highest rate in Montana ranging from $21-54 to $40.93. In Montana, logging wasn’t on the list and the closest category was tree trimming/ pruning which landed 3^rd with a range of $6.78 to $12.78. The bottom of the list was clerical at $.19 to $.36. This list was viewed at Workers Compensation Shop and did not cover 100% of the careers that are in Montana.