LilJon 0 #1 December 26, 2003 Found another fun list. http://money.cnn.com/2003/10/13/pf/dangerousjobs/index.htm Maybe pilots aren't over paid after all. _________________________________________ You look like a well fed robin. -monkey1031 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sheenster303 0 #2 December 27, 2003 Well now I know that I shouldn't become a Crab Fisherman (or rather, fisherwoman ). But those darn crabs are so cute.............I'm so funny I crack my head open! P.M.S. #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
beej 0 #3 December 27, 2003 I also now have the upmost respect for the pizza delivery guy... ---------------------------------------------------- If the shit fits - wear it (blues brothers)-- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkySlut 0 #4 December 27, 2003 well, if pilots are 3rd on the list...where does that leave skydiving instructors??? I am sure that we are on more "flights" than pilots...although we dont land in the plane, but there are plenty of other things that could possibly go wrong. I wonder if the fatality rates include scerosis of the liver, I think that may be up for debate on who drinks more. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lizard 0 #5 December 27, 2003 There was a special on Discovery, TLC, one of those channels about the Alaskan fisherman a few months back. The video of it was great. Dead of night, cold, and waves going completely over the boat. Yet they stayed on deck pulling in traps.....I feel a Jimmy Buffet song in there somewhere.......cool stuff. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpinfarmer 0 #6 December 27, 2003 I made it . Farm operators 28 per 100,000. I used that figure to try to convince the folks that I was safer at the DZ than on a tractor at home. It didn't work but they have excepted it. I personaly have known a lot of people who have been killed or baddly injured on the farm. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Antithesis 0 #7 December 27, 2003 Hooray, I made # 2. All those years at the top of the list have been lonely.. I just got home from the Bering sea yesterday. I travel the land, Work in the ocean, Play in the sky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tunaplanet 0 #8 December 27, 2003 Lol, I just figured out why these professions have such a high fatality rate. What do most of these jobs have in common? They all drink heavily Seriously. Timber cutters, fishermen, metal workers, roofers, construction laborers and truck drivers? These guys drink a 12 pack for lunch. No wonder they're all dying on the job!!!!! Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pluto 0 #9 December 27, 2003 What, are you saying being liquored up and operating heavy machinery has something to do with death? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lizard 0 #10 December 27, 2003 Thats why they wont let pilots carry guns....Alcohol and guns dont mix..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diverdriver 5 #11 December 27, 2003 QuoteThats why they wont let pilots carry guns....Alcohol and guns dont mix..... People don't shoot well while drunk because they don't practice to drunk shoot and fly! [to the TSA....that was an F'N joke!] [....damn monitors] Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Antithesis 0 #12 December 27, 2003 QuoteLol, I just figured out why these professions have such a high fatality rate. What do most of these jobs have in common? They all drink heavily I know that you're trolling for some kind of response so I will keep mine simple. What makes them heavy drinkers? Is it the assumption that they are all really tough big guys? It may be possible for metal workers, roofers, construction laborers and truck drivers to drink on the job.. But as for fishermen and probably loggers, They environment is alchahol free because of geographical location and strict supervision. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Glipazide 0 #13 December 27, 2003 Quote They all drink heavily Seriously. Timber cutters, fishermen, metal workers, roofers, construction laborers and truck drivers? These guys drink a 12 pack for lunch. No wonder they're all dying on the job!!!!! I don't drink heavy. Been a welder for rock quarries since I was 18. Started building a new quarry for Vulcan Materials in Rockingham, NC. Actually, most of the other welders I work with aren't heavy drinkers. Edited to add MSHA's fatalgrams 55 total deaths this year in the mining industry. http://www.msha.gov/fatals/fab.htmhttp://sexygirlabs.com/url] Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diverdriver 5 #14 December 27, 2003 QuoteI don't drink heavy. Been a welder for rock quarries since I was 18. Started building a new quarry for Vulcan Materials in Rockingham, NC. Actually, most of the other welders I work with aren't heavy drinkers. Another stereotype debunked! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YellowDog 0 #15 December 28, 2003 I don't understand how pilots made it into the list. Isn't it safer to fly than drive? ---> One Half of Almost Nearly Normal <--- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sdgregory 0 #16 December 28, 2003 QuoteWhat, are you saying being liquored up and operating heavy machinery has something to do with death? No I drink and use a lathe and mill and metal saw ans stone saw and forklift and . . . hey is that my finger? Cool! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 14 #17 December 28, 2003 QuoteI don't understand how pilots made it into the list. Isn't it safer to fly than drive?No, that's an old myth. Although the big airliners are about 17 times safer than driving your own car on the same length trip, the little airplanes and less trained pilots offer hundreds of ways to get killed. Also, if you read the actuarial tables that insurance companies compile, skydiving isn't that safe, either.You have to actively managed your risk on every flight, and on every skydive. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rhonda66 0 #18 December 28, 2003 Yeah, the statistics for us little guys are worse. Having gotten my PPL last May, it's so easy to see how a low-timer can screw up bigtime the minute the shit hits the fan - or, even worse, when the big fan up front stops altogether!Rhonda PP ASEL Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #19 December 28, 2003 Roofers. I can tell you from experience why roofing is so dangerous. There are a lot of points in the process where injuries can occur. Working on the edge of a roof. One misstep. Stepping on boards that are not nailed. Ladders. The biggest problem that creates big numbers is that when racking trusses straight, many are involved. If a truss breaks loose and hits another, there is a domino effect that cannot be stopped. Six to eight may be injured badly at the same time. That raises the injury numbers quickly. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YellowDog 0 #20 December 29, 2003 WOW. I'll keep that in mind when I start complaining about the cost of my soon-to-be-installed new roof. Thanks for the perspective. ---> One Half of Almost Nearly Normal <--- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tunaplanet 0 #21 December 29, 2003 Not only is it dangerous, but it is extremely hard and tiring...especially if you live in Florida. I feel bad for those poor bastards when I drive by and see them in the 98 degree heat on top of those roofs cooking like in an oven. Tough fucking work. Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #22 December 29, 2003 Well, I'm #5 on the list....and I thought it was just the world out to get me. So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
