Sunday, September 25, 2005

CNN: America's most dangerous jobs

Here is a list of the 10 most dangerous jobs in the U.S. I'm glad to see that law enforcement wasn't on there, but sad to see that airplane pilot was :( What is up with refuse and recyclable material collectors (garbage men?) being on there? How is that dangerous? weird

Rank Occupation Death rate/100,000 Total deaths
1 Logging workers
92.4
85
2 Aircraft pilots
92.4
109
3 Fishers and fishing workers
86.4
38
4 Structural iron and steel workers
47.0
31
5 Refuse and recyclable material collectors
43.2
35
6 Farmers and ranchers
37.5
307
7 Roofers
34.9
94
8 Electrical power line installers/repairers
30.0
36
9 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers
27.6
905
10 Taxi drivers and chauffeurs
24.2
67

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

glad to see that computer geek is left off

James said...

Good thing you weren't a roofer for long :)