Comments on: Top 10 Most Fatal Occupations http://listverse.com/2008/08/26/top-10-most-fatal-occupations/ Ultimate Top 10 Lists - Listverse Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:33:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Kopmel http://listverse.com/2008/08/26/top-10-most-fatal-occupations/comment-page-3/#comment-430994 Sat, 12 Nov 2011 21:09:34 +0000 http://listverse.com/health/top-10-most-fatal-occupations/#comment-430994 What about Ice road Truckers? lol

]]> By: RichB http://listverse.com/2008/08/26/top-10-most-fatal-occupations/comment-page-1/#comment-319921 Thu, 30 Sep 2010 05:15:07 +0000 http://listverse.com/health/top-10-most-fatal-occupations/#comment-319921 Dear sgvaibhav,
In 2005 our then 35 year old son Sean was killed in a 200 ft fall from a cell tower in Yuma, Colorado. During the OSHA investigation the company was cited for 12 major safety violations and fined over $150,000. However, because of Colorado state labor laws, his wife and daughters were unable to sue the company due to the fact that "criminal negligence" would have to have taken place for them to be able to sue.
In other words it would have to be proven that somebody (from the company) had to have physically thrown my son off of the tower. The fact that he had been coerced into using unsafe climbing gear and to work beyond the safe number of climbs for a given period of time, made no difference.
Most state laws protect the small contractor companies that bid on these contracts because it would be “too costly” for them to be able to compete with the larger companies if they had to follow the existing Safety Rules “Suggested” (that’s right “suggested”) that are presently in place through OSHA.
Sean was killed when a safety device on his “borrowed” climbing harness failed when he leaned back while installing an antenna.
I am saddened to say that on that same day, 25 February 2005, another young man in North Carolina was killed in a like accident.
This is defiantly a case where safety takes a far second place to corporate greed and most state legislators work hard to keep it that way.
RichB

]]> By: Horsefeathers http://listverse.com/2008/08/26/top-10-most-fatal-occupations/comment-page-1/#comment-319838 Wed, 29 Sep 2010 23:11:10 +0000 http://listverse.com/health/top-10-most-fatal-occupations/#comment-319838 FMCSA and AAA both have found through their studies that 72%-75% of the wrecks involving big trucks are caused by the drivers of the other vehicle and not the truck driver.

]]> By: Jay http://listverse.com/2008/08/26/top-10-most-fatal-occupations/comment-page-3/#comment-319543 Wed, 29 Sep 2010 04:24:06 +0000 http://listverse.com/health/top-10-most-fatal-occupations/#comment-319543 When buying new electric appliances you often find a warning not to "operate underwater or outside during a thunderstorm." I wonder who tested these things to determine that would be dangerous. And how much money can you make watching television underwater? I hope it's a LOT!

]]> By: Jay http://listverse.com/2008/08/26/top-10-most-fatal-occupations/comment-page-3/#comment-319542 Wed, 29 Sep 2010 04:20:45 +0000 http://listverse.com/health/top-10-most-fatal-occupations/#comment-319542 Surprised that prostitutes weren't included. And, yes, it IS a profession. Here in the NW, one of the most dangerous things to be is a trans*****ual (dozens of unsolved murders), but very few people manage to make a career out of that.

]]> By: Jesse http://listverse.com/2008/08/26/top-10-most-fatal-occupations/comment-page-1/#comment-319420 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17:34:33 +0000 http://listverse.com/health/top-10-most-fatal-occupations/#comment-319420 Police and Firefighters ARE civilians. The police are not the military and should never be considered "non-civilians". That only encourages them to treat the public like the "enemy" (and we're getting closer and closer to that.)

Even so, if Police and Firefighters were included in this list, they wouldn't make the top ten, probably not even the top 20. Police especially, that is not a dangerous job. Police are a much greater threat to the public than criminals are to them.

]]> By: Jesse http://listverse.com/2008/08/26/top-10-most-fatal-occupations/comment-page-1/#comment-319415 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17:30:23 +0000 http://listverse.com/health/top-10-most-fatal-occupations/#comment-319415 Police would love for you to think their job is dangerous, shooting it out with all those criminals every day. The reality is that most of the time, they are dealing with people like you, and they're much more dangerous to you than you are to them. More cops die in simple traffic accidents than from other causes anyway. Being a cop is nothing special, except for the power they can exercise over everyone else.

]]> By: Jay http://listverse.com/2008/08/26/top-10-most-fatal-occupations/comment-page-2/#comment-319218 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 04:51:58 +0000 http://listverse.com/health/top-10-most-fatal-occupations/#comment-319218 But the sample is too small to be meaningful.

]]> By: Josh http://listverse.com/2008/08/26/top-10-most-fatal-occupations/comment-page-3/#comment-319215 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 04:43:57 +0000 http://listverse.com/health/top-10-most-fatal-occupations/#comment-319215 With respect to truckers and unsafe rest stops, not to mention that federal regulation prohibits them from carrying weapons of any kind in their cabs, leaving them helpless to criminals who know this.

]]> By: Brandon wagner http://listverse.com/2008/08/26/top-10-most-fatal-occupations/comment-page-3/#comment-301240 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:52:25 +0000 http://listverse.com/health/top-10-most-fatal-occupations/#comment-301240 You may want to check out under-water welding. I hear it can be very dangerous.

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