 morboComplete Your Transaction
join:2002-01-22
00000 | deadliest catch? ahem. i thought deadliest profession was alaskan crab fisherman? |
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 HarleyYacYacoPremium
join:2001-10-13
Allendale, NJ
kudos:1 | Pilots ???? is high ??? |
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said by morbo:ahem. i thought deadliest profession was alaskan crab fisherman? there is a lot more tower climbers then alaskan crab fisherman. |
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 espaethDigital PlumberPremium,MVM
join:2001-04-21
Minneapolis, MN
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Only for the bad pilots..  |
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 DownTheShoreTag, you're itPremium
join:2003-12-02
Beautiful NJ
kudos:11 | reply to morbo
said by morbo:ahem. i thought deadliest profession was alaskan crab fisherman? Who's going to tell Cap'n Sig that he's now in second place? 
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 KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
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Tulsa, OK
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Statistics.... "Most dangerous when measured by number of deaths per 100,000 workers."
Well, it depends who you ask, but here's some of the deadliest jobs in the USA, and it might switch around by who ranks what, but these are all up there:
Commercial Fisherman
Farmers and Agricultural workers
Truck Drivers and other CDL drivers (Taxi drivers etc)
Construction and Iron Workers
Test Pilots/Helicopter Pilots
Military in times of War
Garbage and Recycle workers (this surprised me at first)
Convenience Store/Small retail stores employees
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said by DownTheShore:said by morbo:ahem. i thought deadliest profession was alaskan crab fisherman? Who's going to tell Cap'n Sig that he's now in second place? I WANT THE CRAB COUNT AND I WANT IT NOW. |
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HarleyYacYacoPremium
join:2001-10-13
Allendale, NJ
kudos:1 | reply to espaeth
Hi,
Still scratching my head here.I realize that there are a lot of pilots; but professional pilot deaths ??
Lee |
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Ulmo
join:2005-09-22
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said by KrK:Statistics.... "Most dangerous when measured by number of deaths per 100,000 workers." Well, it depends who you ask, but here's some of the deadliest jobs in the USA, and it might switch around by who ranks what, but these are all up there: Commercial Fisherman -> Won't do Farmers and Agricultural workers -> Haven't done Truck Drivers and other CDL drivers (Taxi drivers etc) -> Did Construction and Iron Workers -> Going into Carpenter's Test Pilots/Helicopter Pilots -> Not doing yet Military in times of War -> Won't do unless it is domestic Garbage and Recycle workers (this surprised me at first) -> Did and hated and won't do again Convenience Store/Small retail stores employees -> Did and 1 day before being fired got held up at cash register I'm a bit curious about some of the details: Construction & Iron Workers: is that the iron worker's union specifically? Convenience store: is that from all the ____k people who shoot people with guns and the other ones who stab with knives? Ditto on taxi cab drivers.
Oh well. |
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espaethDigital PlumberPremium,MVM
join:2001-04-21
Minneapolis, MN
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said by HarleyYac:Still scratching my head here.I realize that there are a lot of pilots; but professional pilot deaths ?? I'm guessing that includes charter pilots as well. There are a disturbingly high number of small aircraft crashes every year; most of them are due to some non-critical failure (usually gauge failure) in the cockpit that causes the pilot to become distracted and make critical errors. |
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 james
join:2001-02-26
CWCville USA | reply to Joe12345678
So what? In case you don't understand: they count deaths per worker in that field. If you were going by deaths total per year, tower climbers wouldn't even be a blip in the stats. |
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 birdfeedrPremium,MVM
join:2001-08-11
Warwick, RI
kudos:5 | reply to Ulmo
said by Ulmo:Construction and Iron Workers -> Going into Carpenter's I'm a bit curious about some of the details: Construction & Iron Workers: is that the iron worker's union specifically? OSHA counts accidents and fatalities by Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code. There are no distinctions by union or non-union, they count by the employer's activitity.
Carpenters can fall and die as easily as iron workers. Gravity is an equal opportunity killer. It works the same on everybody. |
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KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
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said by Ulmo:Convenience store: is that from all the ____k people who shoot people with guns and the other ones who stab with knives? Ditto on taxi cab drivers. Yeah. It's from the robberies, the thugs, the hold-ups, etc As well as the occasional accident, but the crime element is the biggest factor in this field. In some parts of the country it's really dangerous work.
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KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
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It's a lot of "test" pilots (Or pilots flying experimental aircraft, read: Home made, own design, etc) as well as Helicopter pilots (You'd be surprised at the number of accidents while working on jobs, and while trying to rescue others.) Private pilots crash a lot too... Commercial aviation as a whole doesn't have a lot of crashes, but....
YMMV
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I would say Construction is on top of the list, simply because most deaths from it are not reported "from construction" because issues related to not wanting insurance going up/lack of insurance/illegal immigrant, etc. |
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 PJ DPull My FingerPremium
join:2002-10-19
Washington | reply to morbo
said by morbo:ahem. i thought deadliest profession was alaskan crab fisherman? Don't believe the hype. More fishermen are killed fishing for Dungeness crab along the Pacific coast than in the Bering Sea.
»seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/l···03m.html
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | reply to KrK
How about tear gas vents in the rear half of the cab? |
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HarleyYacYacoPremium
join:2001-10-13
Allendale, NJ
kudos:1 | reply to espaeth
Hi,
Still find it hard to believe. However, It could be worse I guess.
THx
Lee |
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Hanko
join:2001-12-28
Eatonville, WA | reply to KrK
From the Bureau of Labor:
1) Fishers and Fishing Workers
Deaths per 100,000 workers: 142
Total Deaths: 51
2) Pilots and Flight Engineers
Deaths per 100,000 workers: 88
Total Deaths: 101
3) Loggers
Deaths per 100,000 workers: 82
Total Deaths: 64
4) Iron and Steel Workers
Deaths per 100,000 workers: 61
Total Deaths: 36
5) Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
Deaths per 100,000 workers: 42
Total Deaths: 38
6) Farmers and Ranchers
Deaths per 100,000 workers: 38
Total Deaths: 291
7) Electrical Power Line Workers (Installers and Repairers)
Deaths per 100,000 workers: 35
Total Deaths: 38
8) Roofers
Deaths per 100,000 workers: 34
Total Deaths: 82
9) Drivers (truckers and salespeople)
Deaths per 100,000 workers: 27
Total Deaths: 940
10) Agricultural Workers
Deaths per 100,000 workers: 22
Total Deaths: 158 |
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KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
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| Nice, that breaks it down better.
I'd lumped Farmers, Ranchers and Agricultural workers all together, and also Roofers etc fell under Construction.
I'd forgotten about Loggers... And... Miners? I've always heard mining is pretty dangerous.... |
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