Work Dangers

Guess what job was the most dangerous one last year? It's those who work in the ground crews at airports. That would include the ground crew, mechanics and flight crew. They had an amazing rate of 5.5 accidents per 100 employees. In most of those accidents the cause was from lifting too much, a common injury situation for all the jobs listed on this year's most dangerous list.
According to the Bureau of Labor these were the other most "dangerous jobs in last years top ten. last year.
* Urban Transit jobs- This includes bus, commuter rail and other mass transit. The accident rate per hundred was 5.4
* Seafood Product, Preparation and packaging- those workers had 4.6 accidents per 100 workers.
* Hog and Pig Farming- Oh my...those pigs can be pushy and difficult. There were 4.4 per hundred accidents in that field.
* Other Animal Production- this category includes pet and horse breeding. There were 4.2 accidents per hundred in this occupational group.
* Couriers- those delivery service guys who always seem to be hit by autos or trucks and knocked off their bikes or scooters. They has 4.2 accidents per hundred.
* Beer, Wine, and Alcohol Beverage Wholesalers- They are probably so drunk on their products....they don't notice being injured. But 4 out of 100 were last year.
* Support For Water Transportation- this includes all port operations. The rate is 3.8 for that occupation
* Coal Mining- Not unexpected. I would have thought this dwindling occupation would have been at the top of the list. But the injury total for miners was 3.6 per 100.
* Waste Collection- garbage collectors were injured 3.6 per 100. Most of those were from being hit by cars who ignored the garbage trucks and barreled through anyway.
The commonality of all these jobs is that they are low paying and require less education. So the yelling from mom to study hard on school to "get a good job to make more money" should also include the refrain "and you'll be safer too". Another thing that I notice about the list is that workers in industries that might seem far less dangerous to the average person stand an even greater risk of being injured in the job. I would have expected occupations like- military soldier, race car driver and construction worker the be there too.
Whatever..just don't strain your eyes reading my blog. I don't want to make the list for causing injury..I know if I did my "occupation would be "Writes Stupid blogs".