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Dying for a job: Avoiding the Blame for Work-Based Fatalities

What are the industries with the worst safety records?

Measuring the rate of fatal injury to employees in 2000-01 and 2001-02 combined, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) produced a table of the most dangerous industries in the UK. Here are the top ten:

Industry Rate of fatal injury/100 000 employees
Recycling of waste and scrap 23.9
Quarrying of stone, ore 12.2
Extracting oil/gas 11.2
Sewage and refuse disposal 8.8
Agriculture 6.2
Manufacturing basic metals 5.9
Construction 5.7
Land transport 4.1
Electricity, gas, steam, water supply 3.3
Manufacture of wood products 3.2

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