They Might Not be Crab Fishing, but These Jobs Sure are Dangerous!
July 15, 2008 by Liberty Kontranowski
Filed under Death, Exposed!, Health, disability
Okay, honestly, I was a little surprised to see the list of jobs below. These, my friends, are listed as the Unhealthiest Jobs in America, based on nonfatal injuries and illnesses that caused workers to miss at least one day of work in 2006.
The jobs I thought would be more risky (construction work, heavy truck driving) could barely touch the others. Interested? Take a look:
1. Laborers and Freight / Stock / Material Movers (Okay, lots of heavy lifting involved, so no surprise here).
2. Office/Administrative Workers (Huh?!?)
3. Sales Staff (Again, huh?!?)
4. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
5. Nursing Aides / Orderlies / Attendants
6. Janitors & Housekeepers (I thought this would have ranked higher)
7. Construction Workers (Also would have thought this would rate higher)
8. Nurses (Being married to an ER nurse, I know that your chances of being assaulted are pretty much a daily work hazard. Of course, I don’t suppose this is the case all across the nursing board. But still, nursing can be dangerous, for sure.)
So what do you think of this list? Is your job on here?
For more on the deadliest jobs, see our post from last year.
From the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Wow…I’m an office/administrative worker. I had no idea I took my life in my hands coming in to work every day.
Maybe it’s all the filing? I get some nasty paper cuts from time to time.
Yeah A’Llyn, watch those files. One little cut can lead to some freakish infection and then wham-o!
Kidding. But you have to admit that seeing Office Workers near the top of that list is a tad shocking, no?
Two of these occupational categories involve routine contact with disease vectors.
Janitorial/housekeeping–my occupation, incidentally, and a common one for blacklisted employees and the disfigured–has major risks of hepatitis infection and chemical toxicity from methamphetamine residue cleanup. Pink-collar office ghetto is a category where you can get replaced by a temp for actually taking your sick leave, and where mommies unintentionally bring toddler colds and flu bugs to work with them.
i think that the office job and sales staff jobs are on there due to the high stress alot of the time involved with them, not the actual injurys, but being stressed out can weaken the immune system allowing a person to become sick.
Definitely it can be dangerous because i think that the office job and sales staff jobs are on there due to the high stress a lot of the time involved with them, not the actual injuries, but being stressed out can weaken the immune system allowing a person to become sick. Great Post i look forward to reading more.
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