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Most Dangerous Jobs in the World · Be Amazed

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  [SPEAKER_00]: Ever get that sinking feeling on Sunday evenings, as another week in pass is by, and a new workweek Drone's Closer, back to that office cubicle, or that cash register, or those demanding parents, sorry customers, but as Ben is that sounds there are some truly terrifying jobs out there that make even the worst customer service jobs look easy.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: From Crunketile's stuntman to Dearing Electrical Engineers, join me as we uncover the most dangerous and scariest jobs in the world.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Crunketile's stuntman
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  [SPEAKER_00]: With their terrifying teeth, keen hunting scents and bite-for-strong enough to snap bone, crocodiles are one of the deadliest critters on the planet.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And the Siamese crocodile is no different.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Native to Southeast Asia, these cracks can reach 13 feet long and have a mouth packed with 64 super sharp teeth.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Yikes!
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But apparently, that's not a problem for workers at Thailand, Sam Fran, Elephant Ground and Zoo.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Here, it's fair to say the employees get very familiar with the Siamese Crocs, because one of the main attractions at the zoo is crocodile wrestling.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If that wasn't dangerous enough, they also perform stunts, like sticking their hands in, even heads, but between the open jaws of the crocks.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: What ever these workers are getting paid, it's definitely not enough.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Crazy as it sounds, the zoo has been running these stunts since 1985, with the scary show taking place twice daily.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: With so many shows, you won't be surprised to know that these crocodiles stunts have
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  [SPEAKER_00]: 2018 a crocodile bit a trainer's arm during a performance.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Thankfully the bite wasn't too serious and the stuntman was back working two weeks later.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Nonetheless, that wouldn't be too snappy if that was my job.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Mad Honey Harvestor At first glance the catch car and himalayan mountains look like the ideal destination to appreciate the beauty of nature.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But Serena's the scene looks, workers risk their lives in these mountains every single day.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Bees that feed on Roto Dendron plants growing in these mountainous regions produce something called Man Honey.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This mudred honey has become popular for the buzz that can give consumers and being in high demand.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: the stuff can sell for up to $80 a pound.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: There's one teeny-tiny problem though.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The Rotodendrons flourish at high altitudes, meaning the bees nest on cliffs weigh up the mountain.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So workers have to collect honey from the cliff face itself, some 300 feet off the ground.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But then ain't the half of it.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Workers don't use harnesses to prevent their fall or cherry pickers to make honey harvesting easier.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They're mainly from one isolated rural Nepalese tribe called the Goorong Hall, and they collect the honey the same way they have for hundreds of years, with rudimentary tools.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: As such, all they tend to use is rope ladders made from bamboo.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The ladder is nailed into the mountain before the honey arversters climbed down from above and reached the terrifying treasure on the cliff face below.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Of course, they've got to deal with the threat of the bees as well,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The Himalayan Giant Honeybee, the critter responsible for producing Mad Honey, is the world's largest honeybee, measuring a spine crawling 1.2 inches in length.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: As you can imagine, having thousands of these things trying to sting you all while you're dangling 300 feet in the air isn't easy work.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Man, how good must this stuff taste?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But bulky bees aren't the only animals that man honey harvesters need to watch out for.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Brown bears those 9 foot long 1300 pound bees, also lurk in these mountainous regions.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Scary as that might sound, this might be the best area to cross one of these giants, Mad Honey Harvesting seems like a pretty unbearable job.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Mount Everest guides.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Turns out, Honey Harvesting isn't the only dangerous career in the Himalayan Mountains.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world, is a peak in the Himalayan mountain range.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Sherpas and indigenous tribe of people from the region who are adept at traversing the area are often employed to guide eager mountaineers up Everest.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Temperatures on the mountain can plunge to negative 35 degrees Fahrenheit.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Considering that Hype Affirmia can set in at temperatures of 10 degrees Fahrenheit, this place ain't for the faint of heart.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: There's also the risk of encountering avalanches which can contain up to a million tons of snow.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Sounds pretty risky, right?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And that's before we've even got to the infamous Kumbu Ice Ball.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This 2.5-mile stretch of constantly moving ice is so unstable, it's known for house-sized ice-lapse crashing down onto the path and 150 deep crevices that climbers have to tentatively cross over via ladders.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It's so hazardous, there have been 47 recorded casualties in the stretch of the Everest Trail alone between 1953 and 2023.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: On top of acting as guides along the Hainus hike, Sherpa's are often employed to carry mountaineers food, tents, and oxygen canisters risking their own lives so explorers can summit the mountain.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Sadly in the last century, almost 100 Sherpa have perished while helping mountaineers trek Everest.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You'd think at least these guys would get a hefty payout for evading avalanches dodging ice labs and crossing eerie crevices.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, after all, Western guides from the likes of the UK and USA who work on Ebers pocket around $50,000 per season.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: However, Sherpa's tend to make just 10% of that total, barely enough money to support their families.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So, just so I'm clear, this job is incredibly risky, arduous, and the pay is bad.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think it might be time to let the tourists find their own way to the top.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Alaskan Crab Fishermen Ah, fishing!
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The relaxing ripples of the water in the gentle tub of the lime.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Bliss, isn't it?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Well, not if you're fishing for Alaskan Crab,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: For these fishermen, fishing isn't about unwinding, but surviving.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Alaskan King crab fishing has over 300 fatalities per 100,000 workers each year.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: That's almost double the fatality rate of loggers at 132 fatalities per 100,000 workers.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But what makes this such a perilous profession?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: While the rough seas aren't the Alaska coast where the king crab can be found present some serious dangers.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Here rough waves can rise above the ship's deck some 45 feet while the 70 mile per hour winds can sweep workers off their footing.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If that wasn't enough, temperatures can drop below 20 degrees Fahrenheit, meaning the fishermen
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  [SPEAKER_00]: or often wet, when swept, and frozen, sounds like the unholy trinity.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Hulling up crab catches also puts workers at risk of falling overboard, and with the water temperature being as low as 30 degrees Fahrenheit, anyone wants to see will do well to survive for 5 minutes in the freezing waters.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If all that wasn't threatening enough, workers can also get caught up in the coil lines that haul up to 800 pound catches, leading to broken bones or even traumatic brain injuries.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And that sounds even more painful when you consider there in the middle of the sea, hundreds of miles away from a hospital.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Yep, doesn't matter how injured you are, you won't be seeing a doctor any time soon.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Treacher says this job sounds, there's one upside, the pay.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Fishermen can make as much as $50,000 from just a few days of King crab catching.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: save to say that wages fit for a king.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Underwater welder.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Underwater welder welders also work in the sea, joining a repairing underwater equipment, pipelines and infrastructure.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Toiling it depths as low as 1,300 feet, underwater welders aren't alone down there in the deep dark water.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Working at these depths, they need strong lights to view the structures they're working
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  [SPEAKER_00]: and even if underwater welders are desperate to escape a shark-infested zone, they can't leave in a hurry.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: When a diver descends to these depths, the increasing water pressure causes more nitrogen to be absorbed into the body's tissues.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: As divers ascend, the surrounding water pressure decreases and the absorbed nitrogen starts to form bubbles.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If the ascent is too quick, these bubbles can accumulate in the bloodstream, leading to decompression sickness.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Usually, this results in dizziness, headaches, confusion, fatigue, and numbness.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: That's something you'd want to experience 1,300 feet underwater, with a shark chasing you down, no less.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: On the plus sign underwater willders typically earn between $100,000 to $200,000 per year.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Even so, you can triple that and you still won't find me working anywhere near a shark in the deep dark ocean.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: lighthouse keeper.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Another scary sea-related job is that of a lighthouse keeper.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Until the invention of the light bulb, the light in the lighthouse typically came from a flame.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: A blaze in a confined building?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Totally sounds safe.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: One example of how dangerous this could be was witnessed in 1755 at Eddie Stone Linehouse off the coast of southern England.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Henry Hall and 95-year-old lighthouse keeper discovered that a spark from the light's
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  [SPEAKER_00]: As Hall looked up to throw bucket of water on the blaze, a stream of molten lead poured down from the roof right into his face and throat.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Ouch.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Miraculously, he got out of the lighthouse alive, but sadly, he passed away 12 days later, with half a pound of solid lead stuffed in his stomach.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: even in more recent times the job of a lighthouse keeper is still fraught with danger.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Lighthouses are placed in exposed areas that suffer from fierce waves due to their ragged coastlines, allowing ship captains to navigate around them or pinpoint their position by identifying their locations.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But big and bulky as they may look, these structures are in a mortal, with battering from waves, lighthouse structures can wear down over time.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Take the whale rock light, a lighthouse off Rhode Island.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It's the top for over 50 years before whopping waves from the New England hurricane of 1938, rip the structure at 2, tragically sending keeper water every day, and with much of the structure.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Despite these horror stories, Lighthouse Keepers aren't rewarded too well either, with the average worker pocketing just $45,000 a year.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And, this job really isn't a light work.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Iron workers From the Able Tower to the Empire State Building, our world is filled with some jaw-dropping structures.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But if you ever thought about how these monuments were first erected,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: After all, every big building comes with a structural framework.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: While it's the job of iron workers to install the metal support pieces for new buildings, as well as repair and renovate old structures.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But building the framework for these things ain't easy.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And all this profession has 47 fatalities for every 100,000 workers.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Iron workers tend to work hundreds of feet in the air, with juxtaparness.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: That's not even mentioning the crazy conditions these workers can face.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I mean imagine walking along a single Iron Beam hundreds of feet in the air while strong winds are threatening to push you off the side.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He shouldn't look that relaxed, but it's not just that threat of things below that Iron workers need to watch out for.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: There's also the risk of giant swinging Iron Beam's crashing into them, turning their 9-5 into some wicked wipeout course hundreds of feet in the air.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So next time you take a trip to the Apple Tower or marvel at the Empire's state building, spirit thought for those line-hearted laborers that constructed these stunning structures in the first place.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Lumberjack.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: For most of us, a walk-through of horse gives us a chance to unwind and feel it one with nature.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But after hearing about this next occupation, your next woodland walk may not be so peaceful.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: with an insane fatal work injury rate of 82 per 100,000 lumberjacking isn't a job for the faint hearted, and it's none hard to see why.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: On a daily basis they handle chainsaws, chippers, choppers, basically equipment they can turn anyone and immense meat in an instant.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But those menacing machines aren't the only dangers they face.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: There's also the very real risk of lumberjacks being crushed by trees, considering most of their job is shopping them down.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And since the average tree lumberjacks work with can weigh up to 5 times, it's definitely not something you'd want to fall on you.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And while lumberjacks use cutting techniques to help direct the fall of a tree, they can't always predict which way it'll fall.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Well, seeing how dangerous it is, how much do you reckon these guys get paid?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: $100,000?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: $200,000?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Amazingly, the average lumberjack has paid around just $50,000 a year.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Here to save for that price, that's a job I would not consider.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Smoke Jumper By the name of loan, you know firefighting is a perilous job.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, battling a burning building or waiting into a fire doesn't sound safe no matter how you phrase it.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Well, scariest it sounds, what if I told you it's nothing compared to the job of a smoke jumper?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If you didn't know, Smoke Jumpers are essentially firefighters who've jumped out of airplanes.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Yep, while for many skydiving is their biggest fear, that's just part of a Smoke Jumpers every day.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Let me explain.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Smoke jumpers are specially trained wild land fire fighters tasked with putting out remote wild land fires where roads and rail can't reach.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Aircraft fly over the forest fire before the smoke jumpers parachute out landing in what looks like hell on earth.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: When the smoke jumpers land, firefighting supplies are parachuteed down to help them tackle the blaze.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But how exactly do you stop a fire without the aid of fire hydrants or fire trucks?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: While Smoke Jumpers create a fire break, this is a zone that interrupts the fire's fuel source, which they do by quickly cutting down trees and digging trenches in the direction the fire is traveling.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Being such a high risk and high-skilled job, only about 400 Smoke Jumpers currently work for the U.S. government.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You'd imagine those chosen to be pretty well compensated, but these guys are typically
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Man, you think they'd be rewarded more generously for nose-diving now to deal with wapping wildfires.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Bridge Builders Whether it's San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge or London's Tower Bridge, the world's filled with some jaw-dropping crossings.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: These crazy constructions are the result of bridge builders who risk their lives, also you can make it safely across to the other side.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Take Ice High Bridge in China, for example.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This beastie bridge is almost 4,000 feet long, but that's not the most jaw-dropping thing about this superstructure.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The bridge stretches over a canyon 1,1012 feet in the air, meaning workers building this thing were at a height greater than that of the top of the Eiffel Tower.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: As you can imagine, the main risk of bridge building from such heights is the fall.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: if you get my drift.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Well workers are usually secured by a harness to stop them from crashing to their end, photos taken on side reveal that wasn't always the case at Ishi Bridge.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Across the Pacific Ocean you'll find New York's Brooklyn Bridge, one of the world's most well recognized crossings.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But did you know about this place's lesser known horrific history?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Sadly, the project that was completed in 1883 took at least 27 lives.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Several workmen left this mortal coil after large chunks of stone fell during the construction of the bridges towers while others accidentally fell from the towers themselves.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If that doesn't sound grizzly enough, workers risk their lives for just $2 a day, less than $45 in today's money.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Fortunately nowadays, Bridge Builders are able to pocket around $60,000 a year.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Still, regardless of how much money
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Line workers are responsible for curing out repair work to high-voltage power lines to restore electricity.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: To start with their task with scaling utility bowls which, depending on the height and accessibility of the surrounding terrain, can be a machine assisted ride or a freehand climb.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Take these weary workers from Guangdong and South China, who had the unenviable job of repairing a 3000 feet tall power line out in the countryside.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: For reference, that's on 300 feet higher than the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But the disturbing drop isn't the only thing these guys need to be cautious of.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Usually power lines fault in extreme weather, like a storm or wildfire.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Unfortunately for line workers, that means they face falling debris, slippery surfaces, and heavy gusts of wind.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Just in case climbing hundreds or even thousands of feet up wasn't terrifying enough.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Yet, the greatest threat to a line worker's line isn't the height or crazy conditions, but the electrical lines themselves.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Power lines that are damaged are improperly handled can cause electrical burns or even a electrocution.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And considering that line workers typically work with electrical systems that carry at least 11,000 volts, that's not going to be too pleasant.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Just 2,700 volts are usually fatal, so imagine the damage that 11,000 volts passing through your body can do.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: With all these risks, it's no surprise that 42 out of every 100,000 line workers pass away on the job each year.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: While a further 2400 per 100,000 suffer serious injuries.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: On the plus side, these guys back close to $80,000 every year on average.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Still, that doesn't stop line workers from having a shocking occupation.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Manual scavenger.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And we ever had a traumatic bowel movement.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Luckily with a flush, you can forget it ever happened.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Unless you're one of the sewage workers tasked with manually unblocking sewers.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: In India, manual scavengers, clear black sewers using their bare hands.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Not only is this job gross enough to make you hurl, it's also deadly, with over 100 manual scavengers in India, biting the dust each year.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You'd guess that might be from disease or illness, but no, that's 100 people who perished in sewers and septic tanks on the job.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Undoubtedly, it's disgusting, but what makes this job so deadly?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Well manual scavengers enter into sewage manholes and septic tanks without any protective gear.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: All they have to unblock pipes is their bare hands.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Even worse, they have to regularly submerge their entire bodies in raw sewage, meaning they often get a face full of feces.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Man, I need a moment.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Unfortunately, drowning is another grim possibility for these workers.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: In fact, it's the leading cause of death for manual scavengers with many sinking in human ways that can go down 20 feet deep.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Surprisingly, human waste isn't the only thing these workers need to be wary of.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The dark, putrid places are also home to sinister spiders and even venomous snakes, including cobras.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Can you imagine submerging yourself in human waste, and then you pop your head up, and there's a cobra hissing at you.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Creepy Crowley's aren't the only danger lurking in these underground sewers though.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Suer gas and nasty smelling mixture of toxic gases like methane and sulfur dioxide, toxic by the air in these sewers.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Well, that may not seem as scary as a snake, it can be far more harmful.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: with many manual scavengers falling unconscious due to the lack of oxygen in the underground chambers.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: To top it all off, manual scavengers are in the equivalent to just 12 cents for a days worth of labor.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I don't want to hear any complaints about office jobs ever again.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So for minor.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: As I speak, there are roughly 50 volcanoes all over the world erupting.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Some are just releasing plumes of steam while others are spreading out tons of lava reaching more than 2,140 degrees Fahrenheit.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Either way, best not to get too close, right?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Well, try telling that to these miners from Egent and Indonesia.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: These guys have the job of mining away at Egent Volcano.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The question is, what exactly are these guys mining?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: After all, miners usually dig under ground or extract things like coal or gold.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Instead, these workers are after sulfur, a common household ingredient used in everything for matches to batteries.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Bolton's sulfur is tapped from inside the rocks surrounding the volcano using metal pipes that bring the stuff to the surface, where it cools into a hard yellow solid.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The workers then hack the solid sulfur into smaller lumps before collecting it in wicker baskets on their bags.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And all they carry around 200 pounds of sulfur, more than their body weight, back from the volcano.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: To make the work even more ruling, the temperatures here reach over 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Man, that makes even the most grueling spreadsheet look tempting.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But the heavy load in high heat is the least of these workers' worries.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The sulfur smoke in the air is incredibly unpleasant.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Not only does it smell like rotten eggs, it's also incredibly irritable.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Unfortunately, most of the miners can't afford safety equipment, with many simply protecting themselves with a rag over their face.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: As a result, many miners suffer from fair and jihadists and inflammation of the back of the throat as well as scars on their body from touching and carrying sulfur.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Sadly, due to their horrific working conditions, many sulfur miners don't make it past the age of 50.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Once the reward for such life-threatening work, just $15 a day.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: That's a volcano, no, from me.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Pizza Delivery Driver
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  [SPEAKER_00]: There's nothing better in life than freshly delivered warm, cheesy pizza.
• 23:19
  [SPEAKER_00]: Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
• 23:46
  [SPEAKER_00]: For starters, these guys have to deliver dinner in all sorts of wild weather.
• 23:50
  [SPEAKER_00]: Shockingly, 17% of pizza delivery driver fatalities occurred due to intentional injuries from a salt, robbery, or homicide.
• 23:59
  [SPEAKER_00]: Not because criminals are looking to steal a slice of pizza, but because delivery drivers are well-known to work with cash.
• 24:06
  [SPEAKER_00]: As a result, crooks target them to get their hands on some easy money.
• 24:10
  [SPEAKER_00]: Well, I can commonly say I don't want a pizza that job.
• 24:14
  [SPEAKER_00]: Okay, that's about all the danger I can handle for one day.
• 24:17
  [SPEAKER_00]: Phew.
• 24:18
  [SPEAKER_00]: Which job do you think you'd be brave enough to handle?
• 24:21
  [SPEAKER_00]: Thanks for listening to the podcast, we'll see you again next time you want to be amazed.
• 24:27
  [SPEAKER_00]: This is a crappy paste.