Alaska Crabbing No Longer Most Dangerous Job in America (Fish Radio)
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Fish Radio with Laine Welch] May 2, 2015
This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch – Fishing is no longer the deadliest job. I’ll tell you more after this
Commercial fishing is no longer the nation’s deadliest occupation – that dubious distinction now goes to logging, according to the latest updates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. And despite its popular name, the Deadliest Catch is not crabbing in the Bering Sea. Data from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) shows the fisheries totaling the most on the job deaths from 2000 to 2009 were the Gulf of Mexico shrimp fishery, Atlantic scallops was second and Alaska salmon ranked third...
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