According to OSHA, "5.1 percent of construction worker deaths in 2017 were the result of being struck, crushed or otherwise caught in equipment." Therefore, heavy equipment operators are also in the list of the
most dangerous jobs in construction
5% of accidents involve equipment, so we are in a dangerous job? Buddy, you're logic don't follow at all, and the title of your post is "how dangerous is our job?" If you're a operator, I'll eat my hardhat. I didn't click on your imbedded link, so I don't know what your gig is, I don't care.
Since we are quoting osha, 971 construction workers died on the job in 2018. 39% of those were falls. Less than 5% is caught betweens, which "can" include machinery, you need to learn to read the statistics that you are quoting.
The part they avoid, is actually the most common death is car accident. Which is over 40% of the deaths.
Over 40,000 people died last year from car accidents, of the 971 construction worker deaths, the most common one isn't quite work, its driving on the roads in a company vehicle.
I'd say (and so do the numbers) we are all safer every day at work, than any of us are on the way too and from work.
Figures lie and liars figure.
