Piloting is the second most dangerous occupation

Doug Semler wrote:

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There's one other thing that the whole thing glosses over; that is the
definition of "dangerous". Fishermen and pilots may have a higher
incidence of fatality when becoming involved in an "accident," but
that in itself is only a (IMO) partial component of the measurement of
"danger" of an occupation. Other professions are less prone to
fatatlity either by proximity to medical facilities (such as in the
case of deep sea fishermen - being so far out from shore) or by the
less severe nature of an accident (sudden deceleration syndrome in the
case of pilots). Highway construction workers, police officers, and
firefighters, to me, are in much more "dangerous" professions than
pilots, mainly due to the risk exposure inherent to the professions.
In other words, to me, the only thing these statistics really help to
indicate is degree of survivability when involved in an injury
generating situation. (Caveat: I don't have any OSHA data on hand
which includes work related injuries; and even then, I believe that it
would be "lost work time" type data, including "taking the day off
because I sprained my foot stepping on the gas pedal of the hi-lo").

There is also the issue that the BLS dosn't keep much data on
nonfatal injuries.

A death usually gets reported to the world, while injury may or may
not be reported to anybody and the reporting of such things depends
on a whole slew of factors.

If you go to:

http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/osh/os/ostb1607.txt

You will find what the BLS has for nonfatal injury and illness.

In it you find the "worst" rate is Beet sugar manufacturing.

Now, is this because of some "problem" in that industry, or is it
just highly regulated and has to report every time someone stubs
their toe?

--
Jim Pennino

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