America's most dangerous jobs.
Last year was a safer one for workers in the United States; 5,703 died on the job, down slightly from the 5,734 fatalities in 2005. The rate was 3.9 per 100,000 workers, slightly lower than the 4.0 per 100,000 in 2005.
But recent events - In January, the Coast Guard found a fishing boat submerged in 36 feet of icy water off Cape Cod after a winter storm; an early August medical plane crash in New Mexico left five dead; and the story of trapped mine workers in Utah, which continues to unfold - underscore the perilous natures of many vocations.
These examples of death and danger on the job are just a few of the back-stories behind the statistics released every August by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in its report of fatalities in the work place.
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