How Dangerous is Your Job

[johndoe]

Border Patrol Agent.  At times boring.  At times a full on adreniline rush; like earlier this year when someone tried to shoot me with a 30-06 after I pulled him over. 

[blue tiger]

Thanks for the stat's Cyrus. Cool responses. Nice variety of people on the board. If my bike gets out of the shop this coming week I can indulge my dangerous hobby on the way to my dangerous job.

<---- this is the coolest symbol anywhere.

[printman]

Not horrible, sharp knives everywhere, chemicals that if they catch on fire produce cyanide gas, oh yeah and paper cuts everyday 


What really scares me is the boss and his soon to take over son playing Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ---ooooh chills run into safe room. 

[brix821]

Knives, fire, hot oil, chemicals, and a bar...not to bad
www.821caferva.com

[IZ]

I also love Bacon...a real risk taker here!!

As long as it comes from the gobble-gobble..then you're ok!   




My profession isn't typically on any "most dangerous" list but add house-to-house visits, a Ducati and Phoenix traffic..

it did make things interesting!       

[ducpainter]

dangerous?

I don't think so.

The isocyanates might kill me...

but something will regardless.

not worried.

[herm]

my old job (Hotshot Foreman, wildland fire) was considered dangerous, by some. IMHO, it was only dangerous to stupid people with no situational awareness. definitely stressful though

having said that, i am planning on a less stressful career from here on out.

[cyrus buelton]

Thanks for the stat's Cyrus.

No problem, it is the truth according to statistics.

It is funny how so many people post their jobs are the most dangerous, but probably don't fall on the list.

[Bun-bun]

2006 Labor Bureau Statistics:



Fishers and related fishing workers
Fatality rate (per 100,000 workers): 141.7
Number of fatalities: 51
Average salary: $19,104

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers
Fatality rate (per 100,000 workers): 87.8
Number of fatalities: 101
Average salary: $129,250

Logging workers
Fatality rate (per 100,000 workers): 82.1
Number of fatalities: 64
Average salary: $22,320

Structural iron and steel workers
Fatality rate (per 100,000 workers): 61.0
Number of fatalities: 36
Average salary: $39,168

Refuse and recyclable material collectors
Fatality rate (per 100,000 workers): 41.8
Number of fatalities: 38
Average salary: $23,770

Farmers and ranchers
Fatality rate (per 100,000 workers): 37.1
Number of fatalities: 291
Average salary: $15,603

Electrical power-line installers and repairers
Fatality rate (per 100,000 workers): 34.9
Number of fatalities: 38
Average salary: $45,331

Roofers
Fatality rate (per 100,000 workers): 33.9
Number of fatalities: 82
Average salary: $28,474

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers
Fatality rate (per 100,000 workers): 27.1
Number of fatalities: 940
Average salary: $30,931 (for heavy or tractor-trailer drivers)

Miscellaneous agricultural workers
Fatality rate (per 100,000 workers): 21.7
Number of fatalities: 158
Average salary: $24,140

#8 with a coil nailer!
Damn, I'm safer than the guy who picks up my garbage!

[blue tiger]

Garbage collectors are routinley hit by cars. We have over many thousands of missions with no accidents but have had a few incidents. One pilot landed to close to the vent tube at a fueling site. When the rotor disc sagged as the engine's came down they hit the vent tube. 250,000 bucks in damage. The entire rotor system was destroyed.

We also had a fixed wing slide of a runway at a local airport. Destroyed the nose and both props hit the ground when the nose gear collapsed. Both engines needed a complete rebuild as well as the tranny's for the props. That was about 2 years ago. Damage was probably close to 500 grand.

[sno_duc]

I'm a mechanic on the Steelhead oil and gas platform in cook inlet Alaska.
I ride a helicopter once a week either going out for my week long hitch or coming home.
I've taken a few white knuckle chopper rides.
All in all it's pretty boring. But on an offshore platform if the stuff ever does hit the fan there's no place to run.
The Steelhead suffered a blowout in 87, took out the drilling rig, both cranes, the living quarters............there are places where the floor is buckled from the 87 blowout.
Drilling is supposed to be coming out in late August for a two year drilling program ( oh goody )

[herm]

No problem, it is the truth according to statistics.

It is funny how so many people post their jobs are the most dangerous, but probably don't fall on the list.

thats funny...

the "truth" is that statistics are just a mathematical opinion.

[sno_duc]

thats funny...

the "truth" is that statistics are just a mathematical opinion.

one in a million doesn't mean much until it's your turn as the " one "

[DRKWNG]

I wonder where the military ranks in that list.

Yep.  Infantry would be right at the top of the list I imagine.

Not to mention my propensity for exploring the "interesting" areas around the locations I am visiting, such as the time I got screamed at in Korean by a heavily-armed N. Korean soldier while I was wandering around the DMZ. I also went right through the riot zones in France a few years back.

You should be a bit more careful with that.  A South Korean National was fatally shot by a NK soldier the other day while at a famous tourist location just outside of a NK naval facility. 

[CairnsDuc]

I run a photo lab in a large Electrical store, I slave away in Air conditioned comfort, Large glass doors to look out of when I'm bored (And look at the bike which is parked near the doors) When there is no printing to be done I surf the web, and checking out the lovely ladies that come in to buy some electrical goods (one advantage of being located near the only entrance  )

My day consists of taking a receipt from a customer, turning 180 degrees and clicking a mouse to activate the order, sit on my ass and surf the web (more mouse clicking), when the machine has finished the order, place the photo's in an envelope, hand envelope to customer, repeat 20 - 30 times in a day, once a week perform maintenance on the machine which takes two hours, surf the web some more, close the machine down half an hour before the store closes, which takes 10 mins (about 5 clicks on a mouse), when the machine finishes, I leave early.

My Doctor says I have the joints of an 80 year old in my right pointer finger from all the mouse clicking.

I'm putting in for Stress leave....