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Fishing, Logging Jobs Most Dangerous

Item: Fishing, logging, aircraft, & farming top USA most dangerous jobs/AP

More Info:  Fatal work injuries involving farming, fishing, and forestry workers increased by 9 percent in 2010. Fatalities involving agricultural workers, including farmworkers and laborers, rose from 127 in 2009 to 156 in 2010. Fatalities among logging workers also increased in 2010 from 36 in 2009 to 59 in 2010, but fatalities among fishers and related fishing workers declined. The number of fatal workplace injuries among police officers increased by 40 percent, from 96 in 2009 to 134 in 2010.

Question: Have you ever worked at a dangerous job?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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