Even when an employer commits to a culture of safety, some jobs are just too dangerous to control all the inherent risks.
In these professions—think logging, mining, farming and roofing—accidents do happen, and the injuries are often very severe.
As such, these jobs are often deemed too risky to be placed in the private Workers' Compensation market, and so insureds must turn to state funds and pools—markets of last resort.
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