This question seems susceptible to base rate problems.
The linked document in the quote is by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It covers fatal occupational injuries, and according to the graph on page 2, the most common category of fatal injuries, by far, is Transportation incidents, which presumably include car and truck accidents.
And page 3 of the report (with a corresponding table on page 9) compares fatal injuries by select occupations, and has fatality rates for “Structural iron and steel workers” at the same rate as “Driver/sales workers and truck drivers”, and below e.g. Roofers (2x the fatality rate), Aircraft pilots and flight engineers (2.4x the rate), and especially fishing and hunting workers (5.5x the rate).
Unfortunately the report didn’t provide fatality rates for e.g. desk jobs, and I don’t have the energy to look those up. Suffice it to say that once you’ve reached the point where your physically demanding job has a fatality rate on par with fatality rates in car-based professions, it may still be possible to improve, but it probably won’t be easy.
This question seems susceptible to base rate problems.
The linked document in the quote is by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It covers fatal occupational injuries, and according to the graph on page 2, the most common category of fatal injuries, by far, is Transportation incidents, which presumably include car and truck accidents.
And page 3 of the report (with a corresponding table on page 9) compares fatal injuries by select occupations, and has fatality rates for “Structural iron and steel workers” at the same rate as “Driver/sales workers and truck drivers”, and below e.g. Roofers (2x the fatality rate), Aircraft pilots and flight engineers (2.4x the rate), and especially fishing and hunting workers (5.5x the rate).
Unfortunately the report didn’t provide fatality rates for e.g. desk jobs, and I don’t have the energy to look those up. Suffice it to say that once you’ve reached the point where your physically demanding job has a fatality rate on par with fatality rates in car-based professions, it may still be possible to improve, but it probably won’t be easy.