Not surprisingly, roofers and structural metal workers were the most likely to meet this fate.

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Structural metal workers and what the BLS calls extractive occupations (mining and drilling) round out the list of the top five most dangerous occupations, though neither group dies on the job at even half the rate of timber cutters.

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However, photo and silverware demand for the metal are in a long-term structural decline.

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