It is my understanding that construction work is more dangerous that either police of firemen. Does anyone know if this statistic is still true. Yet we always hear about the dangerous work of police and firemen.
I am familiar with the Line of Duty Death information for Firefighters. The number has settled near or under 100. YOu can goggle LODD and find the information for LE and FF
I don't know how accurate the data is, but according to this site:
http://www.odmp.org/agency/3723-stockton-police-department-california
...the City of Stockton PD has had 10 fatalities...since 1854.
Another dangerous profession is fisherman...especially in arctic waters. I guess some see the difference between police and other more dangerous occupations is the level of personal interaction between the police and individuals.
The biggest difference contributing to bankrupty IMO is pension issues. I don’t know of a construction worker who has a 20 or 25 year career and out on pension system albeit being a police official is not as dangerous as some others.
Lumberjack and deep sea fishing are the big two. Fireman is fairly dangerous, like construction, in the top ten.
Police is 27th most dangerous, just below landscape gardeners.
About 90% of firemen never go to a fire but they are damn good domino and card players. Most also have second jobs for their many days off.
Most policemen are never in harms way, either.
‘It is my understanding that construction work is more dangerous that either police of firemen. Does anyone know if this statistic is still true. Yet we always hear about the dangerous work of police and firemen.’
There are hundreds of thousands of us who work in the power and semiconductor businesses where plant buildings have the highest ratings for chemical, fire, and health hazards. There have been deaths by electrocution. Folks have died by entering closed spaces which have filled with pure nitrogen.
I worked on the third floor of a building whose second floor contained all high voltage electrical transformers and piping for silane gas, phosphorous, arsenic, boron, chlorine, and many others. We all took a risk by going to work every day.
However, our safety record improved continuously and not at the expense of freedoms. Good engineering design and training eliminated hazards.
I think lack of training and procedures which give these city workers an easy way out is part of the problem.
We didn’t get any higher pay for working in these places. No such thing as hazard or combat pay.
We also had our own hazmat and security. They were better qualified to work in these buildings because they had the training, knowledge of the hazards, and were local and responded ASAP. They were our coworkers who were cross-trained.
Working as a night-shift convenience store clerk put you more in danger of being shot than being a cop does.
Ten most dangerous jobs...
1. Logger
2. Pilot
3. Fisher
4. Iron/Steel Worker
5. Garbage Collector
6. Farmer/Rancher
7. Roofer
8. Electrical Power Installer/Repairer
9. Sales, Delivery, and Other Truck Driver