| There are some kinds of jobs that everyone | | | | pretty dangerous. Not only do farmers deal with |
| assumes are dangerous, like being a fireman or | | | | unpredictable and dangerous animals, they also have |
| working on a bomb squad. Some job dangers are a | | | | to worry about a large selection of machines that |
| bit more surprising, however. Did you know that | | | | look like they were designed with the specific |
| according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics almost | | | | purpose of mowing down large crops of people |
| half of all workplace injuries involved people in jobs | | | | instead of corn. The standard workplace fatality rate |
| that were just collecting and moving things? Read on | | | | supplied by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is 3.9 |
| for a few of the most dangerous jobs in the world, | | | | deaths for every 100,000 people. Farmers come in at |
| and why they made the list. | | | | almost ten times that. |
| Truck Drivers | | | | Loggers |
| Motor vehicle accidents top the list of U.S. accidental | | | | Logging has topped the statistical dangerous job list |
| fatalities until the age range gets into the 70's, so it's | | | | for many years. Being a logger involves working with |
| no surprise that truck driver is high on the list of | | | | giant falling objects that can occasionally be |
| dangerous jobs. Truck drivers spend the vast | | | | unpredictable no matter what you do every day, so |
| majority of their time on the road without nearly | | | | it's not a particularly big stretch to assume |
| enough rest to keep going day after day. To make | | | | sometimes somebody gets hit by a tree. Logging is |
| things worse, those double and triple trailer trucks | | | | also one of the few jobs out there that involves the |
| you see on the road in some states create a giant, | | | | regular use of gas powered chainsaws and other |
| difficult to stop death trap waiting to happen every | | | | very sharp power tools far away from the nearest |
| time a truck driver accidentally starts going a little bit | | | | emergency room. |
| too fast. | | | | Fishermen |
| Power Line Installation And Repair | | | | Fishermen get to be at the very top of the |
| These are the only people who are actually supposed | | | | dangerous jobs list, with over 100 deaths per 100,000 |
| to climb up to the top of those power line poles and | | | | workers in a good year. Not only do fishermen have |
| start messing with stuff. When you combine | | | | to cope with some of the most unpredictable and |
| electricity and dangerous heights, it's not particularly | | | | dangerous weather patterns in the world, they get |
| surprising that stuff goes wrong once in awhile. | | | | to do it stuck on a ship out of reach of help. They |
| There are a lot of mistakes in any profession | | | | are also far from help if something goes wrong with |
| involving electrical systems that can really only | | | | one of the many extremely dangerous powered |
| happen once. | | | | tools that fishermen have to use to do their job. The |
| Farmers and Ranchers | | | | ocean is apparently a very dangerous place. |
| Living on a farm may sound idyllic, but it's actually | | | | |