Period.

Rate per 1,000

Railroad brakemen............

1900-02

15.8

Gloucester fishermen...........

1892-00

13.2

Gunpowder manufacture

.....-00

10.5

Railroad switchmen and flagmen........................

1900-02

7.2

Railroad firemen.

1900-02

7.2

Railroad engineers.

1900-02

6.8

Dynamite manufacturers

____-00

6.7

Railroad conductors

1900-02

6.1

Anthracite coal miners

1892-01

5.6

Bituminous mine laborers.......................

1892-01

4.7

Anthracite mine laborers.................

1892-01

4.6

Lead and zinc miners of

Missouri..................

1892-01

3.3

Metal miners of Colorado

1896-01

3.2

Copper miners of Montana...........................

1891-00

2.8

Anthracite fire-bosses........

1892-01

2.5

Paid firemen in cities......

1885-00

2.5

Bituminous coal miners......

1892-01

2.2