The #1 & #2 jobs where I live are logging and fishing. If you die fishing, you get your name put on the fisherman's memorial. If you die logging, you get a short paragraph in the local paper.
The wildest part about the source data is that the standard deviation listed for Fishing is actually huge. So, if I remember my stats correctly, and if I'm reading the Excel of the BLS report* correctly, there's a 2.5% chance the fatal injury rate for Fishing is as high as 195.59 (although granted there's an equal chance it's as low as 94.41)
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Oregon687 on December 27th, 2020 at 18:45 UTC »
The #1 & #2 jobs where I live are logging and fishing. If you die fishing, you get your name put on the fisherman's memorial. If you die logging, you get a short paragraph in the local paper.
americana_del_rey on December 27th, 2020 at 21:23 UTC »
Stupid question, I know, but why is fishing so dangerous exactly? Do people fall overboard or get caught in storms that often?
Adghar on December 27th, 2020 at 22:13 UTC »
The wildest part about the source data is that the standard deviation listed for Fishing is actually huge. So, if I remember my stats correctly, and if I'm reading the Excel of the BLS report* correctly, there's a 2.5% chance the fatal injury rate for Fishing is as high as 195.59 (although granted there's an equal chance it's as low as 94.41)
https://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/cfoi_rates_2019hb.xlsx