In the United States, police work is actually less dangerous than working in nursing in terms of non-fatal injuries. Although a much higher percentage of police officers died on the job in 2010 than did healthcare workers, nursing and residential care workers suffered non-fatal occupational injuries and illnesses at a higher rate than people who worked in police protection.
More facts about dangerous jobs:
The deadliest jobs in the U.S. in 2010 included fishing workers, with a fatality rate of about 116 workers per 100,000; logging workers, with a fatality rate of about 92 workers per 100,000; and aircraft pilots and flight engineers, which had a fatality rate of about 71 workers per 100,000.
The rate of workplace fatalities in the U.S. was lower in 2010 than it had been since at least 1991. A reported 4,547 workers died on the job in 2010, which is more than 2,000 fatalities fewer than in 1994.
About one out of every 20 U.S. workers in the transportation and warehousing private industry sectors suffered a non-fatal occupational injury in 2010.
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