{"id":11965,"date":"2014-05-21T03:03:24","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T07:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/?p=11965"},"modified":"2021-06-23T05:13:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T05:13:12","slug":"deadly-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/deadly-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"America\u2019s Deadly Jobs, In 9 Different Startling Charts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-list-component mt-paragraph text\">\n<p>Deadly jobs: Earlier this week, an explosion at a coal mine in West Virginia killed two, a somber reminder that for too many people, going to work still means risking death.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-list-component mt-paragraph text\">\n<p>Workplace deaths have fallen dramatically since safety laws were implemented in the 1970s. But in the last few years, the decline has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/05\/08\/afl-cio-death-on-the-job_n_5291452.html?utm_hp_ref=business\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;entry_text&quot;,&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:2,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;afl-cio-death-on-the-job_n_5291452.html?utm_hp_ref=business&quot;}}\">flatlined<\/a>. Especially in high-fatality industries like mining, construction and oil and gas extraction, job sites still can be deadly places. About 4,600 workers died on the job in 2012, according to a\u00a0recent report from the AFL-CIO labor federation, and North Dakota was by far the deadliest state for workers, with a fatality rate of 17.7 per 100,000 (the national rate was 3.4).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"infographic-embed\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/OccupationalFatalities1_1.png\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"infographic-embed\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/big.assets.huffingtonpost.com\/OccupationalFatalities2.png\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"infographic-embed\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/big.assets.huffingtonpost.com\/OccupationalFatalities3_1.png\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"infographic-embed\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/big.assets.huffingtonpost.com\/OccupationalFatalities4_1.png\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"infographic-embed\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/big.assets.huffingtonpost.com\/OccupationalFatalities5.png\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"infographic-embed\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/big.assets.huffingtonpost.com\/OccupationalFatalities6.png\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"infographic-embed\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/big.assets.huffingtonpost.com\/OccupationalFatalities7.png\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"infographic-embed\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/big.assets.huffingtonpost.com\/OccupationalFatalities8.png\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"infographic-embed\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/big.assets.huffingtonpost.com\/OccupationalFatalities9.png\" \/><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"line-height: 1.5;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/05\/16\/occupational-fatalities-_n_5326252.html\"><em>Infographics by Alissa Scheller for The Huffington Post.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"line-height: 1.5;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/05\/16\/occupational-fatalities-_n_5326252.html\">Article retrieved from Huffingtonpost.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Related Training DVDs:<\/h2>\n<div id=\"images_hz\">\n<h3>Pro Active Safety Attitudes Target Zero Training DVD<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/shop\/pro-active-safety-attitudes-target-zero-training-dvd-9873.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/large_9873_tqm003-dvd-xxx2.jpg\" alt=\"deadly jobs\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a> Help you facility reach for the highest safety standards and aim for zero accidents at work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/shop\/pro-active-safety-attitudes-target-zero-training-dvd-9873.html\"> View Product<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"images_hz\">\n<h3>Fire Safety: Extinguishing Risk &#8211; DVD Training Program<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/shop\/fire-safety-extinguishing-risk-dvd-training-1189.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/large_1189_fire_keller.gif\" alt=\"deadly jobs\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a> Covers the basics that every employee should know about fire safety and prevention. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/shop\/fire-safety-extinguishing-risk-dvd-training-1189.html\"> View Product<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"images_hz\">\n<h3>Introduction to Workplace Safety Video Program<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/shop\/introduction-to-workplace-safety-for-spanish-and-english-speaking-employees-training-video-program-7784.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/large_7784_introduction_to__4be9ca6d08ed8.jpg\" alt=\"deadly jobs\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a> Topics Covered: workplace team, regulations and policies, safety at work, and attitude. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/shop\/introduction-to-workplace-safety-for-spanish-and-english-speaking-employees-training-video-program-7784.html\"> View Product<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deadly jobs: Earlier this week, an explosion at a coal mine in West Virginia killed two, a somber reminder that for too many people, going to work still means risking death. Workplace deaths have fallen dramatically since safety laws were implemented in the 1970s. But in the last few years, the decline has flatlined. Especially &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>America\u2019s Deadly Jobs, In 9 Different Startling Charts<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An explosion at a coal mine in West Virginia killed two, a somber reminder that for too many people, going to work still means risking death.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/deadly-jobs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"America\u2019s Deadly Jobs, In 9 Different Startling Charts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An explosion at a coal mine in West Virginia killed two, a somber reminder that for too many people, going to work still means risking death.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/deadly-jobs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Atlantic Training Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AtlantcTraining\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-05-21T07:03:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-06-23T05:13:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/OccupationalFatalities1_1.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Atlantic Research Team\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@atlantctraining\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@atlantctraining\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/deadly-jobs\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/deadly-jobs\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Atlantic Research Team\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c27ba35df609a308ef3bd9b953ca900e\"},\"headline\":\"America\u2019s Deadly Jobs, In 9 Different Startling Charts\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-05-21T07:03:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-06-23T05:13:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/deadly-jobs\/\"},\"wordCount\":204,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Miscellaneous\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/deadly-jobs\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/deadly-jobs\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/deadly-jobs\/\",\"name\":\"America\u2019s Deadly Jobs, In 9 Different Startling Charts\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-05-21T07:03:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-06-23T05:13:12+00:00\",\"description\":\"An explosion at a coal mine in West Virginia killed two, a somber reminder that for too many people, going to work still means risking death.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/deadly-jobs\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/deadly-jobs\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/deadly-jobs\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"America\u2019s Deadly Jobs, In 9 Different Startling Charts\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Atlantic Training Blog\",\"description\":\"Free workplace safety training, toolbox talks, PowerPoints, OSHA compliance, safety meeting topics and more!\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Atlantic Training\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cropped-Logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cropped-Logo.png\",\"width\":480,\"height\":109,\"caption\":\"Atlantic Training\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AtlantcTraining\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atlantctraining\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/atlantic-training\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ComplianceandSafety\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c27ba35df609a308ef3bd9b953ca900e\",\"name\":\"Atlantic Research Team\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/gravatar\/generic-author.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/gravatar\/generic-author.png\",\"caption\":\"Atlantic Research Team\"},\"description\":\"Atlantic Training specializes in online training concentrating on workplace safety, HR compliance and soft skills.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"America\u2019s Deadly Jobs, In 9 Different Startling Charts","description":"An explosion at a coal mine in West Virginia killed two, a somber reminder that for too many people, going to work still means risking death.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/deadly-jobs\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"America\u2019s Deadly Jobs, In 9 Different Startling Charts","og_description":"An explosion at a coal mine in West Virginia killed two, a somber reminder that for too many people, going to work still means risking death.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/deadly-jobs\/","og_site_name":"Atlantic Training Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AtlantcTraining","article_published_time":"2014-05-21T07:03:24+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-06-23T05:13:12+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/OccupationalFatalities1_1.png"}],"author":"Atlantic Research Team","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@atlantctraining","twitter_site":"@atlantctraining","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/deadly-jobs\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/deadly-jobs\/"},"author":{"name":"Atlantic Research Team","@id":"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c27ba35df609a308ef3bd9b953ca900e"},"headline":"America\u2019s Deadly Jobs, In 9 Different Startling Charts","datePublished":"2014-05-21T07:03:24+00:00","dateModified":"2021-06-23T05:13:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/deadly-jobs\/"},"wordCount":204,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Miscellaneous"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/deadly-jobs\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/deadly-jobs\/","url":"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/deadly-jobs\/","name":"America\u2019s Deadly Jobs, In 9 Different Startling Charts","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2014-05-21T07:03:24+00:00","dateModified":"2021-06-23T05:13:12+00:00","description":"An explosion at a coal mine in West Virginia killed two, a somber reminder that for too many people, going to work still means risking death.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/deadly-jobs\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/deadly-jobs\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/deadly-jobs\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"America\u2019s Deadly Jobs, In 9 Different Startling Charts"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/","name":"Atlantic Training Blog","description":"Free workplace safety training, toolbox talks, PowerPoints, OSHA compliance, safety meeting topics and more!","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Atlantic Training","url":"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cropped-Logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cropped-Logo.png","width":480,"height":109,"caption":"Atlantic Training"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AtlantcTraining","https:\/\/twitter.com\/atlantctraining","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/atlantic-training","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ComplianceandSafety"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c27ba35df609a308ef3bd9b953ca900e","name":"Atlantic Research Team","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/gravatar\/generic-author.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/gravatar\/generic-author.png","caption":"Atlantic Research Team"},"description":"Atlantic Training specializes in online training concentrating on workplace safety, HR compliance and soft skills.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11965"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11965"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44367,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11965\/revisions\/44367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}