A Little Hard Work Never Killed Anyone, Son -Every Good Dad

Statistics report that in 2000, 5,915 people died at work, including those that had a heart attack at their desk. Lumberjacks have the most dangerous, and the second most is airplane pilots (small planes, not passenger jets..whew!). Following that are structural metalworkers, miners, drillers. Third most common cause of death on the job is murder; in 2000, 677 workers...of those fifty were policemen, and 205 were salesmen. Falls at work account for 12% of work related deaths; these are usually roofer and structural metalworkers. The most common cause of work related death is auto accidents, 23% of the total. The single most dangerous job is Alaskan crab fishermen working the Bering Sea ('The Deadliest Catch'). --From "The Book of General Ignorance" -John Lloyd and John Mitchinson