Most Dangerous Jobs

Working the land is maybe one of the oldest professions but new efficient technology has done a little to make the job safer. long hours and closed consistent contact with heavy machinery and equipment represent the bulk of injuries and fatalities on the job which is largely represented by transportation incidents.

The slopes of the mountains on which most logging is done make lumberjack work quite dangerous. Carrying heavy equipment up steep terrain with a slope of 70-80 degrees often leads to accidents, especially in extreme weather. There is also a very real danger of being injured by a falling tree.

A stunt performer, often referred to as a stuntman, or daredevil, is someone who performs dangerous stunts, often as a career. The French word that describes it is cascadeur.

Though pilots are often financially compensated for inherent dangers and responsibility of their jobs, no amount of money can change the fact that it is a long way down.

This job requires long hours working outdoors, sometimes in remote locations for long periods of time.

You need tremendous courage to be a skyscraper window glass cleaner. If you suffer from acrophobia, forget this job. Glass cleaners are suspended on a narrow sill a few hundred feet above street-level - not a task for the faint of heart.

Incredibly long hours and quick turnarounds complicate and already dangerous with the truck of up to 40 tons in highway settings. Highway crashes are the leading cause of death.

It does not take a history in roofing to know the biggest danger is not the sunburn or a hammered finger. Falls are the leading culprit in fatal injuries, while other non fatal injuries such as fractures make general construction work among the most injury pron jobs.

Taming lions sounds an interesting job, but it is actually very dangerous due to the obvious risks of toying with the powerful instinctive carnivores.

Wrestling an alligator is a dangerous but exciting activity. To win an alligator-wrestling competition, wrestlers must place their heads between the jaws of real alligators there for a set period of time, an activity with obvious dangers.

A firefighter (also known as a fireman) is a rescuer extensively trained in firefighting, primarily to extinguish hazardous fires that threaten property and civilian or natural populations and to rescue people from dangerous situations, like collapsed or burning buildings or crashed vehicles.

These are the people you see coming out of banks, loading the ATM machines, and moving cash from place to place. It is a dangerous job and they are easily identifiable and highly targetable. So needless to say, they just might be a little quick on the draw finger.