Safest and Deadliest U.S. Cities for Workers

Some of the safest cities to work in have the least amount of deaths on the job per capita. Smaller cities in which their economies focus on a specific industry tend to have more workplace deaths.

Some of the most deadly jobs are in these cities and they revolve around manual labor with machinery or outdoor elements that play a major factor in employee safety.

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Deadliest & Safest Cities to Work In

Workplace Deaths per 1,000,000

Deadliest Cities

Midland, TX: 85.5
Mount Vernon, WA: 84.6
Beaumont, TX: 35.8
Huntington, WV: 34.7
Green Bay, WI: 32.3
Anchorage, AK: 30.9
New Orleans, LA: 30.2
Grand Rapids, MI: 23
Tusla, OK: 21.1
Nashville, TN: 20.4

Safest Cities

Sacramento, CA: 5.9
Los Angeles, CA: 6.5
Minneapolis, MN: 6.9
Milwaukee, WI: 7
Portland, OR: 7
San Francisco, CA: 7.2
Providence, RI: 7.5
San Diego, CA: 7.3
San Jose, CA: 7.5
Boston, MA: 7.6
New York, NY: 7.6

Top 10 Deadliest Jobs

(Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor)

Deaths a Year per 100,000 workers

Fishermen (116)
Logging Workers (91.9)
Airplane Pilots & Flight Engineers (70.6)
Farmers & Ranchers (41.4)
Mining Machine Operators (38.7)
Roofers (32.4)
Sanitation Workers (29.8)
Truck Drivers/Delivery Workers (21.8)
Industrial Machine Workers (20.3)
Police Officers (18)

Safest Cities by workplace deaths per population in the U.S.

Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, CA: 13 workplace fatalities, Population: 2,176,235, Deaths per 1,000,000: 5.97
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA: 84 workplace fatalities, Population: 12,944,801, Deaths per 1,000,000: 6.49
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI: 23 workplace fatalities, Population: 3,318,486, Deaths per 1,000,000: 6.93
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI: 11 workplace fatalities, Population: 1,562,216, Deaths per 1,000,000: 7.04
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA: 16 workplace fatalities, Population: 2,262,605, Deaths per 1,000,000: 7.07
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA: 32 workplace fatalities, Population: 4,391,037, Deaths per 1,000,000: 7.29
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA: 23 workplace fatalities, Population: 3,140,069, Deaths per 1,000,000: 7.32
8th tie Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA: 12 workplace fatalities, Population: 1,600,224, Deaths per 1,000,000: 7.5
8th tie San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA: 14 workplace fatalities, Population: 1,865,450, Deaths per 1,000,000: 7.5
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH, 35 workplace fatalities, Population: 4,591,112, Deaths per 1,000,000: 7.62
New York-N. New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA, 145 workplace fatalities, Population: 19,015,900, Deaths per 1,000,000: 7.63

Deadliest Cities by workplace deaths per population in the U.S.

Midland, TX, 12 workplace fatalities, Population: 140,308, Deaths per 1,000,000: 85.53
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA, 10 workplace fatalities, Population: 118,109, Deaths per 1,000,000: 84.67
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX, 14 workplace fatalities, Population: 390,535, Deaths per 1,000,000: 35.85
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, 10 workplace fatalities, Population: 287,599, Deaths per 1,000,000: 34.77
Green Bay, WI, 10 workplace fatalities, Population: 309,469, Deaths per 1,000,000: 32.31
Anchorage, AK, 12 workplace fatalities, Population: 387,516, Deaths per 1,000,000: 30.97
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, 36 workplace fatalities, Population: 1,191,089, Deaths per 1,000,000: 30.22
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI, 18 workplace fatalities, Population: 779,604, Deaths per 1,000,000: 23.09
Tulsa, OK, 20 workplace fatalities, Population: 946, 962, Deaths per 1,000,000: 21.12
Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro, TN, 33 workplace fatalities, Population: 1,617,142, Deaths per 1,000,000: 20.41

Note: all numbers represent the listed cities Metropolitan Statistical Area.