Injuries on the job are relatively common, particularly in more
dangerous job fields like construction, but also in office environments, restaurants, and other industries not typically considered «dangerous.»
The dirtiest, most physically demanding, and most
dangerous of these
jobs — in
fields such as construction, landscaping, and building maintenance, for example — are overwhelmingly filled by immigrants, who now account for more than half of all low - skilled workers in the U.S..