Can you name the most dangerous jobs in America (2008)?

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Most Dangerous Jobs Quiz

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Published: March 24th, 2009
Category: Miscellaneous
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Tags: America Quizzes, Death Quizzes, rank, 2008, dangerous, job, 100k, worker

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	mattrd08:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 17:04 GMT	44 points
	I'm very surprised that construction worker isn't on here. A little less surprised that hooker is missing, but I tried it anyway.

	chambers:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 17:08 GMT	21 points
	tried stuntman, miner, zookeeper, scientist, shark baiter. nothing

	JPO:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 17:08 GMT	57 points
	This could almost be called "jobs with discovery channel shows about them."

	SowCrates:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 17:08 GMT	15 points
	I guess coal mining has improved by leaps in bounds this past century. Perhaps that would bring a slow death years in the future as opposed to on-the-job.

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	cressida:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 17:09 GMT	3 points
	I would have thought firemen would be on there, but i suppose in the US policing is MUCH more dangerous than firefighting, what with the gun issue.

	mattrd08:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 17:09 GMT	11 points
	Oh, yeah, I tried miner as well. I also tried animal tamer and lion tamer.

	slew:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 17:12 GMT	5 points
	@Alren: I'm guessing some of the iron / steel workers are from chonic illness later on though, but I might be wrong

	DoubleUnderscore:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 17:14 GMT	11 points
	9 surprised me. Those bins can be dangerous!

	rahv:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 17:15 GMT	8 points
	@jack: shark baiter made my day. i'm kind of trying to imagine what the job advertisement would look like... :)

	JamesJamesClub:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 17:17 GMT	11 points
	Is it wrong that I was so hoping zoo keeper was going to be there? I spelled about eight different ways because I really wanted it to be true.

	Go_Phils:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 17:22 GMT	6 points
	Perhaps accept "fishing"? You mean "politician" didn't make the list?????

	greekmike:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 17:29 GMT	4 points
	No professional wrestling?

	Jaspers:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 17:35 GMT	11 points
	According to the Forbes article,the jobs are ranked based on mortality rate. But what would the list look like if serious injuries and illnesses were also included?

	Shaft41:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 17:37 GMT	28 points
	Isn't President of the United States the most dangerous, since 8 of our previous 43 died while doing that job? That's a pretty high percentage.

	montecarlo:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 17:42 GMT	6 points
	i always thought those city bicycle couriers/messengers had a really high death rate? cant seem to locate a number on wikipedia though.

	buiksloot:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 17:44 GMT	3 points
	If they'd report all workers, not just the documented, surely meat/poultry processing would make the list, if casualties included Jaspers's suggestion.

	Siobhan:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 17:50 GMT	27 points
	How do armed forces miss out? I'm guessing quite a lot of them die especially since we're in a war.

	Nuclear_Knuckles:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 17:52 GMT	8 points
	I wonder if food delivery is included in drivers-salespeople. I seem to remember that being identified as the most dangerous job several years back. ... In NYC, construction worker would definitely be on the list, because the city pushes for more ugly glass buildings to be built faster and faster and no one stops developers who amass more and more code violations, while poor immigrant laborers keep falling to their deaths.

	Dodge:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 17:53 GMT	10 points
	Awesome quiz idea, thanks Sporcle.

	Quiz Master Scott:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 17:54 GMT	11 points
	I think if you type bin men or rubbish/refuse collectors then that should be sufficient as no one is going to type 'Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors'

	davidr:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 18:04 GMT	1 point
	@DoubleUnderscore: Refuse collectors spend a lot of time working at the business end of what is, basically, a mobile trash compactor so I guess a lot of them get run over or crushed.

	gavintj:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 18:10 GMT	3 points
	I agree with Quiz Master Scott. I tried binman. 3/10

	Morby:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 18:33 GMT	5 points
	shouldn't taxi driver be counted for driver?

	Cuthbert_Twilley:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 18:38 GMT	2 points
	@davidr: Surely you're joking. Getting crushed by the truck? I'm sure if that were true it would be in the news a lot more. I'm sure it's mostly falls and exposure to toxic materials.

	brianc:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 18:39 GMT	12 points
	i think forbes should consider armed forces to be a job

	drhaase:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 18:47 GMT	8 points
	i put in truckers and that didn'twork for drivers...weak. i definitely put in Deadliest Catch for fishers and related and it took it...awesome....yeah and how is armed forces not on this list...guess that's not American enough for Forbes.

	hscer:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 18:57 GMT	8 points
	U.S. president should be a bonus answer. I know it said 2008, but the death rate of U.S. presidents is over 18,000 deaths per 100,000 workers.

	bradwell:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 19:00 GMT	6 points
	does military qualify? if not, does anyone know what its mortality rate is?

	GeordieGuitarist:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 19:07 GMT	10 points
	surprised soldiers and firefighters aren't on there.

	The_Snakes:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 19:10 GMT	5 points
	Soldiers aren't on here because there are so many of them, and for every 1 in a warzone, there are 10 somewhere fairly safe. I was surprised that firemen weren't on the list.

	Cuthbert_Twilley:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 19:11 GMT	1 point
	This stuff is so fascinating I looked it up: http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshcfoi1.htm#2007 (the quiz should probably be retitled: the data is from 2007, not 2008). Did you know that 36 people died on the job in 2007 due to animal attacks?

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	Tapestry:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 19:29 GMT	3 points
	Firemen used to be at the top and military personnel should be on there too.

	MovieDynamic:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 19:33 GMT	3 points
	Poultry/Meat workers should be on here no doubt. We learned in school that was by far the most dangerous job you could ever have, people being dismembered, beheaded, and killed by their own equipment every day.

	Vermin:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 19:47 GMT	5 points
	I thought that liquor store clerk would be on there. Seems somebody's always holding one up.

	davidr:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 20:06 GMT	1 point
	@Cuthbert Twilley: I'm not joking at all. Does it really seem that unlikely that a refuse collector would fall into the truck? Or get dragged into it after hooking a dumpster onto the back and getting his clothing caught or something.

	RobH:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 20:07 GMT	-2 points
	@Vermin. If you rob an off licence I'd imagine it would be considered a badly botched job if you end up having to shoot someone.

	NickD:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 20:15 GMT	4 points
	I could be wrong, but wouldn't military personnel not work since the question is dangerous jobs IN AMERICA? I realize they're employed by the US, but considering the deaths occur overseas it might not count. What's shocking to me is that the oil rigger on American Idol is apparently a liar since he keeps claiming his job is the 3rd most dangerous in the US.

	MissInformed:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 20:15 GMT	1 point
	I'm a bit upset that it didn't take "linesman" for "Electrical Power Line Installers and Repairers". :-( Otherwise, good quiz!