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0 pointsgsnedders7y ago0 comments

How does the fatal accident rate for, e.g., professional drivers compare with the average worker? I imagine crewing a ship is more dangerous, but humans are famously bad at evaluating risk.

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Latteland7y ago

So being crew on a merchant ship is more dangerous that cops (by far), and probably more dangerous on say a 10 year timeframe than being in the military (since you probably aren't at war that much over 10 years, unless you are unlucky).

michaelt7y ago

For the British merchant fleet, 19.5 deaths per 100,000 seafarer-years [1].

For American loggers, 90 deaths per 100,000 worker-years [2] making it the most dangerous job.

For American taxi drivers, ~18 deaths (of which 8 are murders) per 100,000 full-time-worker-years [2]. Making taxi driver the most murdered profession - and it was worse around 2000, when the rate was an eye-watering 23.7 murders.

As you say, policing isn't the most dangerous profession; the rate there is 11 deaths of which 3.5 are murders.

[1] https://academic.oup.com/occmed/article/64/4/259/1464740 [2] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/01/28/chart...

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