Most jobs are pretty dull and boring but not these jobs from fiery workplace environments
to jobs that look like they're straight out of action movies here are the most dangerous jobs
in the world for 2021 oil riggers working on an oil rig under normal circumstances is bad enough
you're away from your family in the middle of the sea all you smell is oil and you normally
work 16-hour shifts with almost no sleep but working on an oil rig is incredibly dangerous
after all oil is very flammable fires and explosions on oil rigs are very common
just days ago the mexican oil company pemex had a gigantic gas leak from an underwater
pipeline on their oil rig this captured a blaze underwater and the ocean literally caught fire
the fire raged for more than 5 hours this video looks dramatic but it's fairly routine if you
work in an oil rig for every 100 000 oil rig workers 27 passed away annually also yesterday
there was a major explosion at the umid gas field in azerbaijan the oil rig owned by the estate oil
company is in the caspian sea it's believed the explosion was caused by an underwater mud volcano
war reporter in many countries being a journalist can be a cushy job you work in an office and write
articles about what ice cream a celebrity ate today but that is not the case around the world
for journalists covering war it's literally a matter of life and death journalists from around
the world have had their lives taken been injured or kidnapped since going into many war zones
most recently this includes areas like iraq afghanistan and syria every year around
70 journalists pass away most recently media buildings were blown up in gaza this was caught
in one very dramatic video a journalist named yuma al-sayed was doing a live report for al jazeera
that's when the neighbouring building was hit by an israeli airstrike despite the explosions the
journalist continued reporting but really she is lucky to be alive a similar thing happened back in
2012 to cnn correspondent anderson cooper he was doing a report from gaza city when suddenly an
explosion happened right behind him online users calculated that the explosion happened around 300
meters away from anderson cooper armoured truck driver being an armored truck driver is like
driving around with a target on your back armored trucks are used to transport valuables around this
is normally large quantities of money for banks or retail companies or in some cases gold the trucks
are specially designed to be bullet resistant and have armor plating they are designed to
resist robberies and hijackings and can withstand extreme degrees of heat explosives and collisions
but unless you're an incredibly skilled driver you won't make it in this job for long
armoured truck drivers are trained in offensive and defensive driving maneuvers
just how dangerous this job really is was captured on tape in south africa last month this dash
cam footage shows the driver of an armored truck during an attempted hijacking in south africa they
were driving along a highway as normal when all of a sudden shots were fired they quickly grabbed
the fences themselves in case things get messy the older man driving seems very determined but
the younger man who may be new to the job seems absolutely terrified and rightly so they dodge
more hijackers and eventually make it off the highway while the younger man calls for police and
reinforcement they drive off-road and thankfully get away if you're wondering why the driver was so
calm that's because he is a former police sniper his name is leo prinznew and he's experienced
this many times before images of their car after they'd got away showed the immense damage it took
but thankfully the bulletproof glass did not break and it saved both of their lives
snake milkers many people are unaware this job even exists but being a snake milker involves
getting the venom out of snakes this is a very important job that saves numerous lives per year
of course they try and be as safe as possible but they are dealing with very venomous snakes
and they have to physically hold these snakes which means they're at risk of being bitten at
any moment it's very rare that any snake milker would have never been bitten while at work
snake milkers extract this venom to create anti-venoms or for medical research
so while they are risking their lives every day they're also saving many other people's lives
logger if you hear someone yell timber in the forest rum that's because it's likely a logger
the logging industry is a very dangerous field to work in it has some of the highest work related
fatalities in the world loggers are 30 times more likely to pass away on the job than any other
worker these mainly happen from two sources either equipment failures entering loggers
or trees falling on top of the loggers microchip manufacturers today microchips are needed and
pretty much any piece of technology all computers and phones need microchips and these chips are
made with very hazardous chemicals such as arsenic not all factories in every country adhere to good
safety standards and this means the workers are constantly being exposed to very dangerous
chemicals these chemicals will not take your life instantly but instead there are very serious
long-term effects even factories with good safety standards have high rates of people passing away
other problems can involve miscarriages birth defects cancers and respiratory illnesses it
almost makes you feel bad using phones and computers knowing that someone may pass away
just for you to have these items underwater welder being a welder is a dangerous job in and of itself
but underwater welders have one of the most dangerous jobs on the planet every day they
face many dangers this includes electric shocks explosions decompression sickness and even wear
and tear on their dental fillings out of every 100 welder on the job 15 parts away annually
bush pilots bush pilots fly in very tough terrain where there is no prepared landing strips
or runways they are paid much less than normal commercial pilots and they have a lot more risks
on the job for every 100 000 flight hours there's nearly 14 accidents the crash rate for pilots in
alaska is two times higher than in the rest of the usa and their small cessna planes are far
less protected than a large commercial aircraft this means if there is an accident bush pilots
have a very low chance of survival steel workers steel workers work incredibly high up they used to
do this with no harnesses but now in most western countries they do use harnesses however they can
still fall from great heights sometimes equipment failures and steel beams or walls collapsing can
also cause workers to lose their lives for every 100 000 steel workers 56 pass away per year
crab fishermen being a crab fisherman is 26 times more dangerous than the average job
every year around 126 pass away on the job this mainly happens because of hypothermia all workers
falling overboard and drowning sometimes they're also injured by the very heavy machinery and gear
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