From the 27 May 96 issue of TIME magazine
RISKY BUSINESS
Fishing tops the list of most dangerous jobs. Predictably, most are killed in boating mishaps. Similarly, most loggers are killed when struck by trees. But most surprising is taxi drivers. Their greatest job risk: murder. Number of fatal job-related injuries per 10,000 in 1994:
| Fishers | 13.1 |
| Loggers | 13.0 |
| Airplane Pilots | 12.6 |
| Structural-metal workers | 9.8 |
| Taxicab drivers | 4.7 |
| Construction workers | 3.3 |
| Farmworkers | 3.1 |
| Roofers | 2.9 |
| Truck Drivers | 2.7 |
| Fire Fighters | 2.2 |
| Police | 1.4 |
| National Average | 0.5 |