Show coal miners lumbermen have hoye dangerous jobs coal mining and lumbering rank as the most dangerous jobs abs in america according to accident facts statistical yearbook of the national safety council reports to the council show that disabling injuries per one million milho n man hours totaled 59 74 for t the he lumbering industry and 54 46 for coal mining the average for all reporting industries was 13 26 there were 7 96 days lost per 1000 1 man hours worked in coal mining and 5 24 in lumbering as compared to 1 23 days for all reporting industries |