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“Idaho Industries Among Deadliest Jobs”


Some jobs are more dangerous than others. New federal data shows which occupations are the most deadly. Some of them are common in Idaho.

There aren’t a lot of commercial fisheries in Idaho so you’re not likely to have the most dangerous job in the nation. But the second is in one of Idaho’s oldest industries, logging.
“My grandfather who I never met died in a logging accident when my dad was a teenager,” says Mark Mahon, who co-owns his family logging business in Council.

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