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08-22-2013, 01:28 PM
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jacquelynsmi...st-jobs-2/
Logging workers get #1 yet again, police and firefighters don't even make the list. Also, the drop in death rates going down the list is amazing. #3 is only 42% the fatality rate of loggers and #10 is 8%
Last, where's the sexist outcry. When was the last time you saw a woman, that wasn't a lesbian, in any of the 10 occupations.
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08-22-2013, 03:41 PM
A father in divorce court is missing from the list.
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08-22-2013, 05:16 PM
Quote: (08-22-2013 03:41 PM)Kingsley Davis Wrote:
A father in divorce court is missing from the list.
for sure; as a logger the hazards of the job are only out to take your life. The hazards of divorce court are out for your life, family AND money.
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08-22-2013, 11:46 PM
I had no idea I have worked one of the most dangerous jobs.
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08-22-2013, 11:54 PM
Something must be wrong, I can't find HR coordinator or event planner on the list anywhere.
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08-23-2013, 10:22 AM
To be fair there are a lot of these lists and all of them have a different idea of what is dangerous. The commonality is height. Gravity is a bitch. Defense contracting used to top the list, but the Defense Dept was only reporting Americans killed, which hit 1000 back in 2Q 2007. That number was easily doubled if you counted OFW's, which they didn't. That would have shocked the public. I've worked 3 of the common jobs listed. I'm done with that shit.
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08-23-2013, 02:06 PM
Nothing on that list surprises me, although I'm surprised that taxi driver didn't make the list. I have heard that driving a taxi is actually the most dangerous occupation.
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08-23-2013, 02:10 PM
Quote: (08-23-2013 10:22 AM)Aliblahba Wrote:
To be fair there are a lot of these lists and all of them have a different idea of what is dangerous. The commonality is height. Gravity is a bitch. Defense contracting used to top the list, but the Defense Dept was only reporting Americans killed, which hit 1000 back in 2Q 2007. That number was easily doubled if you counted OFW's, which they didn't. That would have shocked the public. I've worked 3 of the common jobs listed. I'm done with that shit.
OFW = overseas foreign workers? and I agree, after spending much of my early youth in 2 of these jobs I am happy to work in an office. My old boss used to say "Wiscanada, how is it that you are so optimistic when problems come up around here" My reply was "Where I came from problems were people dying or things being on fire, we've got a long way to go before I get panicked"
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08-23-2013, 02:14 PM
Quote: (08-23-2013 02:06 PM)Merenguero Wrote:
Nothing on that list surprises me, although I'm surprised that taxi driver didn't make the list. I have heard that driving a taxi is actually the most dangerous occupation.
if alot of people do the job the fatalities/100k get watered down, it also only covers fatalities. So being plain old injured, infected etc. doesn't put it on the list.
The shitty taxi driving job in NYC gets watered down by the other boring taxi driving jobs in Dubuque IA and Asheville NC. Though I also was looking for gas station attendant/convenience store clerk...maybe its only US citizens making the ranks?
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05-14-2015, 02:23 PM
If aircraft pilot is such a deadly job (3rd deadliest), why are there so few airplane crashes and why is air travel considered so safe? Something doesn't add up.
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