Work can break your back — in some cases, literally and figuratively. Resume Genius ranked the 10 most hazardous U.S. jobs in 2025 by fatality rates and salaries, and GOBankingRates analyzed whether ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- When six workers died in a Baltimore bridge collapse last week, the incident shined a light on construction site dangers and workplace fatality. Now a new study is taking a ...

Silhouetted construction workers standing on girders wait for a crane lowering cargo with sunset yellow in the background. Nearly 5,500 people died as a result of workplace injuries in the United ...

Common sense suggests that dangerous jobs, the ones that have us climbing on roofs or protecting our skulls with hardhats, should deliver higher wages. The term “hazard pay” comes to mind. Yet, some ...

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the four most dangerous occupations in the United States in 2019 were fishing and hunting, logging, piloting a small plane or helicopter, and roofing.

According to recent federal data, workers in the logging industry are roughly 33 times more likely to die from a workplace injury compared to those in other civilian occupations. In Oregon, the ...

Nearly 5,500 people died as a result of workplace injuries in the United States in 2022 — meaning someone died on the job every 96 minutes, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.