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the 10 most dangerous jobs in the world
underwater welder underwater welders
face a series of dangers on the job
every day including the risk of shock
explosion decompression sickness and
even wear on their dental fillings about
30 welders die out of 200 welders on the
job annually crab fishermen 128 Alaskan
crab fishermen died in 2007 alone which
is 26 times more dangerous than the
average job
80% of fatalities are due to hypothermia
or being thrown overboard and drowning
crab fishermen also suffer from serious
injuries due to heavy machinery and gear
loggers the logging industry has some of
the highest work-related fatalities in
the country with loggers being 30 times
more likely to die on the job than most
other career fields the majority of
logging related deaths comes from
equipment errors or trees falling on
workers
microchip manufacturers computer chips
are created with numerous hazardous
chemicals including arsenic and while
manufacturing chips may not be
immediately fatal there are long-term
effects to health such as high rates of
miscarriages birth defects cancer and
respiratory illnesses bush pilots bush
pilots have more risks in their career
for less pay than average commercial
pilots with a rate of 13 point 59
accidents for a hundred thousand flight
hours the general aviation accident rate
for pilots in Alaska is two times higher
than pilots in the rest of the US
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bull riders bull riding his search in
popularity since the 1990s with promises
of big money for an eight-second ride
but bull riders can suffer at least one
significant injury per every 15 events
they partake in including concussions
broken bones and fractures which may not
be worth of potential cash payout Steel
Workers all those safety harnesses have
been implemented Steel Workers still
risk a fall from great heights the job
also includes risk of serious injury
from steel beams or walls collapsing on
workers in 2005 Steel Workers still had
a fatality rate of 56 deaths per 100,000
workers oil riggers most offshore oil
riggers work 16-hour shifts often with
very little sleep fires and oil rig
explosions topped the list for
job-related dangers with the rate of
27.1 deaths per hundred thousand
offshore workers annually
prostitutes prostitutes always run the
risk of being arrested for selling
sexual favors to John's but even more
dangerous are the threats of STDs rape
and even physical assault or death the
death rate for prostitutes is 204 deaths
for every $100,000 snake milking is a
dangerous yet completely necessary job
that saves numerous lives per year while
there are safety procedures in place
each milking procedure has a high risk
factor in fact snake milking has a low
rate of people who have not been bitten
while on the job
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