Thursday Thirteen #189

THIRTEEN PROFESSIONS THAT MAY 

BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH

According to The Daily Beast, these are the thirteen most dangerous jobs anyone can hold. They used an intricate equation that includes how many workers are in the industry, how many injuries and how many fatalities. I admit I couldn't follow it all. What I list here are just "the high hard ones." These sobering stats make me glad my mother made me learn clerical skills.

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Profession	Per 100,000 workers	Salary
1) Fisherman	200 deaths	$22,160
2) Firefighter	11,600 injuries	$47,760
3) Airplane Pilot	57 deaths	$53,990
4) Police Officer	13 deaths	$55,400
5) Logger	4,200 injuries	$35,360
6) Roofer	5,300 injuries	$41,200
7) Sanitation Worker	25 deaths	$37,830
8) Bus Driver	7,600 injuries	$34,820
9) Dairy Farmer	14 deaths	$24,930
10) Grain Farmer	4,700 injuries	$24,930
11) Courier or Messenger	6,800 injuries	$39,940
12) Industrial Machinery Repairman	18 deaths	$42,220
13) Athlete	6,300 injuries	$44,790

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