Chances are that in your job you have very little chance of waking up dead. But if you've watched enough Discovery Channel, you know that there are some occupations out there that are pretty hazardous.

A new study has been released with the five deadliest jobs in America.

This information comes from the U.S. Labor Department which keeps track of how many people work in each profession and how many die each year. In 2012, the latest year where data is available, 4,628 Americans died due to their occupations.

Here are the five deadliest jobs:

  1. Underwater welder - 15% fatality rate!
  2. Astronaut - 5% fatality rate
  3. Logger - 0.13% fatality rate
  4. Fisherman - 0.12% fatality rate
  5. Pilot - 0.07% fatality rate

 

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