“Beyond the Brink: Discover the World’s Most Perilous Professions That Could Cost You Everything!”
Farmers
Heavy machinery, sun exposure, and chemical hazards are a risk to farmers. Spending long hours in these intense conditions can be very dangerous. Farmers had the 10th-highest traumatic injury fatality rate in Canada between 2011 and 2015.
They saw an average of 23.9 deaths per 100,000 workers.
Miners
Cave-ins, explosions, chemical leaks, and toxic fumes are some hazards miners face. China has the world’s largest mining industry and one of the deadliest.
One report found out that the country accounts for 80 percent of coal-mining deaths, mostly due to the explosions that occur underground.
Maintenance Workers
Taking care of parks and the grounds outside of office areas are a necessity, but these workers had the 10th-most dangerous job in 2016. In that year, 217 fatalities were reported by BLS.
Most workers die due to transportation accidents, or the result of falls, electrocutions, or being struck by loose objects.
First-Line Supervisors Of Construction Trades And Extraction Workers
These employees oversee and coordinate construction, but supervising comes with a challenge. The construction industry saw roughly a six percent increase in fatalities from 2015-2016. Also, it had the highest number of fatalities in all industries with 991 deaths.
Unfortunately, first-line workers saw a jump of fatal injuries from 16 to 18 percent.
Firefighters
It’s not a surprise, considering they put their lives on the line. From rushing into burning buildings to digging ditches to save people, firefighters are courageous people. However, the saddest part of it all is this.
Of the one million firefighters in the United States, 70% of them are unpaid volunteers.
Roofers
Walking around on the tops of homes and office buildings sounds like fun, but not really. What you might not know is that they are in danger of scorching hot tiles and electrocution.
Plus, when you add heat stroke to the mix of things, you got yourself one nasty job with a median wage of $35,920.
Aircraft Pilot And Fight Engineers
In 2015, crew fatalities accounted for 62 percent of total accidents. The other 38 percent were passengers. In that same year, there were 251 aviation accidents reported to the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.
227 of those accidents all occurred in a Canadian registered aircraft.
Police Officers
The men and women who protect us don’t even crack the top ten in most dangerous jobs. However, there is one significant difference and a common risk that officers face on the role that most other fields don’t — murder.
Fatalities from other industries are hardly ever from homicide, but officer deaths are generally at the hands of others.
Truck And Sales Drivers
In 2016, truck drivers had the highest number of fatalities on the job. Some drivers carry heavy and dangerous loads over vast distances. Sometimes, drivers will keep going when they’re tired, making the possibility of an accident more likely.
Transportation incidents remain one of the most prominent reasons for death.
Private Investigators
PI’s often work on their own with no backup to catch culprits. Kusic and Kusic Private Investigators Ltd outlined the dangers that detectives face. Extreme temperatures, the risk of an accident, and an overwhelming work schedules are just some.
But, the biggest one of them all is the possibility that a suspect will lash out violently.
Lumberjacks
The only scary thing about chopping down a tree is operating the heavy machinery. Surprisingly enough, forestry had the 10th-highest number of traumatic injury fatalities. Between 2011-2015, 57 deaths occurred.
Also, during the span, it was one of the deadliest industries in all of North America.
