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- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+31#1 Being a conservative on Digg.
- toconnor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+101. Timber cutter/logger
2. Fisher/crabber in Bering Sea
3. Commercial pilot
4. Construction worker
5. Refuse collector
6. Farmer/rancher
7. Roofer
8. Electrical power-line installer
9. Truck driver
10. Cab driver - stoopsitter1, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9I say being president is the most dangerous job. Out of 43 of them, I counted 14 that have died in office. 14/43. Not good odds!
- perkonis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I never would have guessed that refuse collector would be on that list.
- BigKitty, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7@perkonis,
Too much chance of falling off the refuse truck, of being hit by a vehicle, of injuring oneself by picking up something unexpectedly heavy, especially if the garbage route involves going into buildings in congested areas.
Mike Rowe had a Dirty Jobs show on this. - Raian, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Call me crazy, but I'd have to say Hooker should have at least made the list.
- Lixie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5It's a good read but that won't stop me from complaining.
I like my lists laid out clearly. Any "Top Ten" article needs the ten items bullet pointed in list format for those of us who want to just brush over the article quickly. - eXus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4And the most chilling fact in the entire article.
"All the same, the majority of those interviewed were not concerned about loss of privacy or freedom so long as it gave them security." - treelovinhippie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I wonder if this blogger has ever heard of bullet lists?
- Kaioshin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Firefighters? Police?
...what about military?
What about workers on an oil rig? - mickstephenson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3top ten incinuates a certain format, i didnt read or digg this out of principle
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3me neither... but come to think of it, it is a very hazardous job for all the gloves and masks one may wear. being exposed to rodent poop is dangerous, used napkins is unpleasant, and all those perfume and various pressurized cans can hurt. besides there are those who work in the reprocessing/recycling industry and they run the risk of allergies, injuries, you name it... they earn their keep for sure.
- br549, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Professional base jumper/skydiver?
- blackmariah, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4diggrific: For someone that's talking ***** about a sampling method you seem to know ***** about statistics.
Okay, so that's 115 firefighter deaths last year. Given that there are ~1,000,000 firefighters that works out to approximately 11 deaths per 100,000. Less than half the rate of death for cab drivers. - MioTheGreat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Bah. Software Developer should be listed on that list. Just last week I got a paper cut!
- Apreche, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Underwater Welders have one of the most dangerous jobs short of military and law enforcement. At least they get paid a lot. If you are looking for high pay and danger, consider underwater welding.
- postaldave, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5on digg? what about over at /.?
the mods kill you before the crowd gets a chance to rip you to shreds. - teken894, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2What about presidents?
4 assassinations out of the 43 presidents
and 8 total have died in office!
Now that's a dangerous job! - EricCiccone, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3thanks for the chuckle thefuture
- JrGhoull, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2i would've added social service worker to that list. My pop worked as one, taking kids from parents who probably should be in prison, helping very dangerous people to get back on their feet...i dont even remember most of the stories my dad told me about all the ***** he went through..one of my favorite ones that he was in involved him trying to get a girl away from her biological father who had a child with her. Guy must've thought he was in the right though...when my dad tried to take her away the guy punched him in the face so hard that it broke his glasses in half...luckily the nose rim of the glasses (that was the part that broke) took the blow and he was fine. The list on the site above is good...but it only takes a sort of..far away look on things..doesnt go far enough into details to really know which ones are dangerous and which ones arnt. if u gave the social workers job the sort of over view that jobs got in this article...it would probably be seen as a 9-5, sit in a cubical and do your work kind of a thing, which is what it can be...but certainly isnt always.
- LittleDanzig, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2For some reason, this line really made me chuckle:
>> There has been a change in perception regarding hazardous jobs in the US post 9/11 and the anthrax scare. While earlier only 1 out of 6 felt that his job was dangerous; after 9/11 1 out of 4 respondents to a survey believed that they had a dangerous job. - perkonis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Yeah, it makes since now that I know it. I just never honestly thought about that being a dangerous job. Dirty, yes. Dangerous, no. I actually learned something today. : )
- Ulisses, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@littledanzig
That used to be true when crabbing seasons in the behring sea would go on for months, in the late 90s crab stocks went down considerably and the powers that be cut seasons short to a month, then a couple of weeks, and the last king crab season was as long as 3 days (still the average crabber got something like $5k or something). - soulpiercer7, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2the man is correct. Being the president is the most dangerous job in America percentage wise.
- CornStarch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2There should never be a top ten list that is not numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
- poppa, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2How about convenience store clerk?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@runnerct
ure right about miners... as an industry it is the most dangerous one. - sakuraz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2....They didn't list Footsoldiers in a Drug dealing gangs...
Freakonomics FTW! - Xinex, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3According to Freakonomics, being a drug dealer (the foot soldiers) gives you a (I think) one in four chance of being killed, much more than the timber cutters' death rates which are something like 1 in 253.
- runnerct, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2What about Miners?
- doktorrocket, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I would have expected to see astronaut on the list. Maybe there was a minimum sample size?
- Imsirion, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I'm not surprised to see logger as number one. When my dad was a logger, he broke both legs on two occasions, tore a ligament in his shoulder after a cable snapped and hit him, and almost died more times then I'ved stubbed my toe. My uncle was also a logger and once broke a leg, and at another time nearly broke his back after being knocked back 15 feet from a swinging log. I've also had two distant cousins die while logging. One died when his idiot partner didn't clearly inform him that he cut down a tree at the top of a steep hill and it actually rolled down and killed my cousin. That was 17ish years ago and another cousin (who I knew a lot better) was killed 3 months ago. A tree fell off its cable and hit the back of his head, smashing his face into another log he was securing.
- Ulisses, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It's part of the EEC, yes.
- wulfflower, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Well, I don't know... maybe because Americans are working in that area?
- egrumling, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1A lot of the "What about job xxx" arguments are based on past data. There's a reason for safety equipment. It is interesting to note these are generally jobs where safety equipment is not very effective - Loggers, for example, cannot strap off to anything but the tree they are in the process of cutting down (and there is a lot of unpredictability in felling a tree). Short of carbon fiber/Kevlar gloves I don't see much help for trash collectors, either.
Another point is that when the electricity infrastructure was first being installed, there were death rates as high as 40-50% among electrical workers. It was only due to the IBEW developing safe working standards and the industry stressing safety above all else that brought that number down. I'm no fan of unions, but this is one case that really helped out everyone (not just members) by insisting on safe conditions. - LittleDanzig, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Commercial fisherman are usually employed seasonally, and for LONG spurts of time. A good friend of mine in high school was the son of a guy who was a crabber in the area, and his father would alternate between spending half of the year with his family, and the other half on a boat at work.
Or maybe he was just a secret agent. - AkronCrossing, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Can someone please explain the whole concluding bit about 9-11 and the corresponding increase in risk "perception" by workers?
Actually, the article inadvertently highlights the absurdly paranoid and unfounded concern and stress that Americans apparently impose on themselves (as displayed in the final paragraphs), despite the fact that the data presented in the ten preceding bullets- excuse me, paragraphs- proves their concerns to be completely unfounded. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I deliver pizza to pay for college, and I must say that that job is pretty dangerous. Doesn't look like it from the cusomters point of view, but its pretty hazardous for the deliverer.
- Half-Fast, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I guess I'm screwed in 2 categories since I'm a truck driver on a strip mine....
- wallet55, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1what happened to mining? i note that this does not state whether this is based on raw statistics or subjective measures
- nadadingsda, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1So far I never died while base jumping, it's safe!
- variaas, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2http://www.duggmirror.com
- JayRod, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Why did you have to go there, good thing your comment is buried
- Valyn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I guess being in the military is not considered "in America."
For years working on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier has been one of those top most dangerous jobs. Spend 5 minutes up there and you'll realize that garbage man are not in the same danger that you are in. - larfus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I was a trash collector for 9 years and I must say it does have its dangers.
- thesixthdesign, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Wow. Those are all like .. occupations that keep us alive.
Construction workers .. farmers .. fishermen .. - postaldave, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1what? no mailman on the list?
- flag8, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1You honestly think that you would be dugg up for that?
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