It's May 23, 2024, 08:10:02 AM
But can we accurately gauge how dangerous a job is, by how many people a year die doing it? Those numbers speak volumes for the training our firemen get compared to the training our fishermen get (generally none i presume) yet very little for the dangers they're subjected too imo.
True. But if training is given for a job, and as a result few people die doing it, then doesn't that training by definition make it less dangerous?
I realise the stats above aren't a definitive gauge of danger but I just think it's interesting to see what sort of fatalaty rates different professions have. Obviously firefightng is not as dangerous as generally unskilled workers working at sea or on tall buildings in the same way as it is more dangerous than say teaching or nursing. But I think it is interesting to compare against jobs which would perhaps not normally be considered dangerous like working in sewers or collecting refuse. I suppose in the end though you have to be a fireman to really know how dangerous it really is.