Eleven of the most dangerous jobs. Photo

They risk their health every day.

If you are looking for a new job, and it is included in the list below, you ought to think twice. These careers may seem romantic, exciting and well-paid, but “dangerous” is the best word suitable for them.

We have compiled a list of the most dangerous jobs in the world. What, in your opinion, seems the most dangerous?

1. Milker snakes.

Snake milkers spend their days extracting the poison (only certain types of snakes). Snake venom can be used in many things, but the most important is its use in medical research or the manufacture of antidotes.

Despite the fact that the applied security measures every milking is very dangerous.

2. Builder.

Despite the fact that the equipment used for security, this work still forces you to deal with deadly tools, heavy lifting and working at height.

3. Courier.

Surprisingly, the profession of courier is considered very dangerous in many countries around the world. Imagine you deliver pizza for a party of drunk people or the parcel to the person who is in a terrible mood. Couriers are often robbed.

4. Rodeo rider.

This work became popular in the late 90-ies, when the promise of big money for an 8-second performance seemed very attractive. In fact, the payoff might not be worth the consequences. Some figures show that Rodeo rider receives one significant injury for every 15 attempts to ride a bull.

5. A mountain guide.

The conquest of the high mountain peak is a dream for enough people to justify creating a new job: mountain guide. Their job is not only to point the way, but also to carry heavy equipment, to be the first to try to find a dangerous path and to be responsible for the safety of others.

6. Manufacturer of microchips.

For the production of computer chips uses a number of hazardous chemicals, such as arsenic. Although microchips are not responsible for immediate death, long-term consequences include miscarriages, birth defects, respiratory diseases and cancer.

7. A war correspondent.

To show the truth is just as important as to heal people, but telling the truth is associated with a higher risk. The list of hazards includes kidnapping, torture and murder. When you are in the midst of fighting, you are marked as a journalist, and labeled as the enemy.

8. Work on an oil platform.

Drillers are working with one of the most flammable substances in the world. Sometimes they work 16 hours or even a day or 2 without sleep. Fires and explosions, drowning are in the list of the most common deaths on drilling.

9. Tamer of crocodiles.

This art can lead you straight into the jaws of a crocodile. Tamers risk their lives by placing a body part between the jaws of a crocodile, playing with their tails and making all kinds of crazy things.

10. Logger.

Lumberjack is one of the most dangerous professions, as the mortality rate it is 20 times higher than in any other profession. You daily have to deal with the heavy machines. As a result, most deaths occur due to failure of equipment and falling trees.

11. Fisherman.

Don’t think of fishing as something peaceful and meditative. The fisherman is the most dangerous profession makes it bad weather and other incidents. What do fishermen have the highest percentage of mortality.

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