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CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY SAFETY AND HEALTHGOVERNMENT REGULATIONSOCCUPATIONAL SAFETYOIL AND GAS INDUSTRY SAFETY & HEALTH Top 25 most dangerous jobs in the United States
November 5, 2020 AdvisorSmith studied the most dangerous jobs in the United States based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. They studied professions with minimum employment of 50,000 workers to find the 25 most dangerous jobs among 263 total professions in the study. The fatality rate was normalized by adjusting the number of fatalities by employment in each profession.
On-the-job deaths have been rising in recent years, rising from 4,821 in 2014 to 5,250 deaths in 2018, an increase of 9% over the 5-year period. However, the rate of deaths adjusted for employment has only risen approximately 2.2% over the same period, as an improving economy has led to additional employment. In 2018, the average fatality rate among all jobs was 3.4 per 100,000 workers.
Our study found that some jobs are significantly more dangerous than others. The most dangerous job, logging, was 33 times more dangerous than the average job nationwide. Additionally, many of the most dangerous jobs earn average salaries that are below the May 2019 annual mean wage of $53,490. Companies that hire workers with the most dangerous jobs usually have workers’ compensation insurance premiums that are higher than average.
The study also found that self-employed workers were 3.3 times more likely to die on the job compared with hourly and salaried workers. Wage and salaried workers had an average fatality rate of 2.9 fatalities per 100,000 workers in 2018, while self-employed workers had an average fatality rate of 9.4 per 100,000 workers during the same period.
For more intriguing insights from the study, read on for the top 25 most dangerous jobs in America.
1. Logging workers Fatal injury rate: 111 per 100,000 workers Total deaths (2018): 56 Salary: $41,230 Most common fatal accidents: Contact with objects and equipment
The most dangerous job in America is logging. Logging workers had a fatal accident rate that was 33 times the average job nationwide.
Logging workers harvest forests to provide the raw material for goods such as wood, paper, and cardboard, in addition to other industrial products. These workers spend almost all of their time outside in forests and other isolated areas.
Logging workers use heavy machinery to fell trees and handle logs. Logging worker deaths are most often caused by contact with logging machines or logs.
2. Aircraft pilots and flight engineers Fatal injury rate: 53 per 100,000 workers Total deaths (2018): 70 Salary: $121,430 Most common fatal accidents: Transportation incidents
Aircraft pilots fly and navigate airplanes, helicopters, and other types of aircraft. In this profession, pilots are responsible for checking the condition of aircraft before and after flights, ensuring the aircraft is balanced, and planning for fuel and flight plans. Pilots also operate the aircraft, communicate with air traffic control, and monitor the aircraft’s systems during flight.
The majority of aircraft pilot fatalities occur in crashes of privately owned planes and helicopters rather than on regularly scheduled commercial jet aircraft.
3. Derrick operators in oil, gas, and mining BLS Category: Derrick, rotary drill, and service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining Fatal injury rate: 46 per 100,000 workers Total deaths (2018): 20 Salary: $51,390 Most common fatal accidents: Transportation incidents, contact with objects and equipment
These oil workers setup, maintain, and operate the derrick and drill equipment used to extract oil and gas and mine for materials. The derrick is the structure above a well that holds the drilling equipment, while the drill rotates to displace the earth. The derrick may also include pumps to extract the oil or other materials from the well.
Transportation incidents and contact with objects and equipment were the two leading causes of death for these workers.
4. Roofers Fatal injury rate: 41 per 100,000 workers Total deaths (2018): 96 Salary: $42,100 Most common fatal accidents: Falls, slips, trips
Roofers are responsible for installing, repairing, and replacing roofs on homes and buildings. Their work involves taking roofing materials such as shingles, metal, or other materials onto roofs and securing them. Roofers generally must use ladders or other equipment to climb on top of buildings. The most common cause of fatal work injury for roofers is falling off roofs or ladders.
5. Garbage collectors BLS Category: Refuse and recyclable material collectors Fatal injury rate: 34 per 100,000 workers Total deaths (2018): 37 Salary: $42,100 Most common fatal accidents: Transportation incidents
Also known as garbage collectors, refuse and recyclable material collectors collect our trash and recycling. Generally, these workers will drive a truck through neighborhoods and empty garbage bins and dumpsters into the trucks. Many bins are loaded by hand while some trucks have mechanical lifters. They then drive the trucks to a landfill or waste transfer station where the waste is unloaded from the truck.
The most common cause of death for these workers is being struck by a garbage truck or other vehicle.
6. Ironworkers BLS Category: Structural iron and steel workers Fatal injury rate: 29 per 100,000 workers Total deaths (2018): 15 Salary: $53,650 Most common fatal accidents: Falls, slips, trips
Ironworkers are responsible for installing iron and steel on buildings, bridges, and roads. Their work often consists of climbing up on large structures, unloading iron and steel, and signaling to crane operators. They also use equipment to cut, bend, and weld iron and steel. Steel and iron are some of the primary reinforcing materials for large scale buildings.
Falls are the most common fatal occupational accident for structural iron and steel workers.
7. Delivery drivers BLS Category: Driver/sales workers and truck drivers Fatal injury rate: 27 per 100,000 workers Total deaths (2018): 966 Salary: $29,610 Most common fatal accidents: Transportation incidents
Delivery drivers load and unload trucks or cars and drive them to their destination within a local area. These workers generally pick up cargo, food, laundry or other items from distribution centers or stores and deliver them to homes and businesses. They also may communicate with customers to coordinate deliveries, collect payment for goods, and process paperwork such as delivery signatures.
Traffic crashes are the leading cause of death on the job for driver/sales workers and truck drivers.
8. Farmers BLS Category: Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers Fatal injury rate: 26 per 100,000 workers Total deaths (2018): 257 Salary: $71,160 Most common fatal accidents: Transportation incidents
Farmers are responsible for producing crops and dairy products and raising animals for food. They are responsible for the process of planting and harvesting or feeding and caring for livestock. Additionally, farmers purchase supplies for their farms and purchase and maintain farming equipment. They also sell their crops or livestock on the open market.
Crashes, including tractor crashes, were the most common fatal injury for farmers.
9. Firefighting supervisors BLS Category: First-line supervisors of fire fighting and prevention workers Fatal injury rate: 20 per 100,000 workers Total deaths (2018): 14 Salary: $82,010 Most common fatal accidents: Transportation incidents
Firefighting supervisors are responsible for supervising and coordinating the work of firefighters. This work includes the prevention and control of fires. Some of the tasks that these supervisors perform include communicating and dispatching vehicles, evaluating fire size and condition, training and evaluating firefighters, and maintaining firefighting equipment.
The most common cause of death on the job for firefighting supervisors is traffic crashes, followed by fires and explosions.
10. Power linemen BLS Category: Electrical power-line installers and repairers Fatal injury rate: 20 per 100,000 workers Total deaths (2018): 29 Salary: $71,960 Most common fatal accidents: Exposure to harmful substances or environments
Power linemen are responsible for installing and maintaining overhead and underground power lines that supply electricity to homes and businesses. In this job, these workers drive power maintenance equipment to job sites, climb electrical poles or use bucket trucks, and test, install, or otherwise maintain electrical equipment.
The most common cause of death for power linemen is death from electrocution.
11. Agricultural workers BLS Category: Miscellaneous agricultural workers Fatal injury rate: 20 per 100,000 workers Total deaths (2018): 157 Salary: $25,840 Most common fatal accidents: Transportation incidents
Agricultural workers are responsible for tending crops and livestock. They may be tasked with planting, harvesting, and watering crops, along with maintaining irrigation systems and ditches. These workers can also use farm tools or equipment, as well as apply pesticides and fertilizers. For agricultural workers who work with livestock, they may be responsible for feeding animals and keeping animal living areas clean. Transportation incidents are the most common fatal accidents for agricultural workers, which can occur while these workers are moving between or to and from worksites.
12. Crossing guards Fatal injury rate: 19 per 100,000 workers Total deaths (2018): 14 Salary: $29,760 Most common fatal accidents: Transportation incidents
Crossing guards are responsible for the flow of pedestrian and motor vehicle traffic at crosswalks, intersections, schools, and other places where pedestrians and vehicles come into contact with one another. In this job, crossing guards may stop traffic and help to guide pedestrians safely through crossings and intersections. Crossing guards can also work to direct traffic using signs, flags, or hand signals. The most common causes of death for crossing guards are transportation incidents, which occur when vehicles hit and kill crossing guards.
13. Crane operators BLS Category: Crane and tower operators Fatal injury rate: 19 per 100,000 workers Total deaths (2018): 9 Salary: $60,530 Most common fatal accidents: Transportation incidents, Contact with objects and equipment
Crane and tower operators are responsible for the operation of cranes and other equipment used to lift materials, machines, or other objects. Crane operators often work at construction sites to lift building materials onto higher levels of a building, or at ports where they lift containers off of ships. The most common fatalities for crane operators occur when their cranes crash into or are hit by other vehicles, or when objects hit cranes or their operators.
14. Construction helpers BLS Category: Helpers, construction trades Fatal injury rate: 18 per 100,000 workers Total deaths (2018): 11 Salary: $31,830 Most common fatal accidents: Falls, slips, trips
Construction helpers are construction workers who assist trade workers in the course of construction. These workers can include building equipment contractors, building finishing contractors, foundation and exterior contractors, and others. The most common cause of death for these workers are falls and trips on construction sites.
15. Landscaping supervisors BLS Category: First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers Fatal injury rate: 18 per 100,000 workers Total deaths (2018): 48 Salary: $52,340 Most common fatal accidents: Falls, slips, trips
Landscaping supervisors are responsible for coordinating and supervising the work of landscapers, lawn maintenance workers, and groundskeepers. In this role, landscaping supervisors manage landscaping projects, enforce workplace standards, inspect work, and instruct workers in the proper techniques for performing landscaping work. The most common cause of death for landscaping workers is falls, which can occur when working from heights performing tasks such as tree trimming.
16. Highway maintenance workers Fatal injury rate: 18 per 100,000 workers Total deaths (2018): 14 Salary: $42,410 Most common fatal accidents: Transportation incidents
Highway maintenance workers are responsible for maintaining highways, roads, freeways, runways, and other types of roads. They can perform work such as patching potholes, fixing rails and fences, replacing and repainting road markers, and removing snow or ice. Other tasks that these workers perform include fixing road signs, maintaining roadside shrubbery, and resurfacing roads. The most common cause of death for these workers is vehicle crashes, which can occur when highway workers are working on active roadways.
17. Cement masons BLS Category: Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers Fatal injury rate: 17 per 100,000 workers Total deaths (2018): 11 Salary: $48,330 Most common fatal accidents: Falls, slips, trips
Cement masons provide finishing and smoothing work for poured concrete, which can be for roads, sidewalks, floors, or other applications of concrete. These workers use hand and power tools to align concrete forms and ensure that concrete is smooth and long-lasting. The most common cause of death for cement masons is from falls.
18. Small engine mechanics Fatal injury rate: 15 per 100,000 workers Total deaths (2018): 8 Salary: $37,840 Most common fatal accidents: Transportation incidents, violence and other injuries by persons or animals
Small engine mechanics repair and maintain small engines such as the engines on lawn mowers, motorboats, and motorcycles. These mechanics generally work in repair shops, but also spend significant time making service repairs out in the field for service emergencies. Transportation incidents are the most common cause of death for these workers.
19. Supervisors of mechanics BLS Category: First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers Fatal injury rate: 15 per 100,000 workers Total deaths (2018): 46 Salary: $70,550 Most common fatal accidents: Violence and other injuries by persons or animals
Supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers are responsible for overseeing the schedule and work of other mechanics, installers, and repairers. In this role, supervisors may perform training and inspect work to ensure that it meets standards. Supervisors may also be responsible for obtaining supplies and equipment such as tools or parts.
20. Heavy vehicle mechanics BLS Category: Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics Fatal injury rate: 14 per 100,000 workers Total deaths (2018): 27 Salary: $51,990 Most common fatal accidents: Transportation incidents, contact with objects and equipment
Heavy vehicle mechanics are responsible for maintaining and repairing heavy equipment such as tractors, bulldozers, and cranes. They can inspect equipment, run diagnostics, perform scheduled maintenance, replace parts, and otherwise ensure that equipment is running properly. The most common cause of death for these mechanics is transportations incidents.
21. Grounds maintenance workers Fatal injury rate: 14 per 100,000 workers Total deaths (2018): 225 Salary: $30,890 Most common fatal accidents: Transportation incidents
Grounds maintenance workers are responsible for ensuring that the grounds of parks, businesses, and residences are well maintained and clean. Some of the duties of these workers include maintaining grasses and lawns, removing weeds, trimming trees, bushes, and shrubs, watering plants, and raking leaves. Car crashes are the most common cause of death for grounds maintenance workers, often when traveling to or from a jobsite.
22. Police officers BLS Category: Police and sheriff’s patrol officers Fatal injury rate: 14 per 100,000 workers Total deaths (2018): 108 Salary: $67,600 Most common fatal accidents: Violence and other injuries by persons or animals
Police officers are law enforcement officers tasked with enforcing the law, protecting life and property, and maintaining order. Police officers may perform tasks such as patrolling an area, issuing citations, investigating crimes, arresting suspects, and working with prosecutors on cases.
How dangerous is it to be a police officer? Working as a police officer is about 4.1 times as dangerous compared with the average job nationwide, based upon the workplace fatality rate. Police officers have a workplace fatality rate similar to maintenance workers, construction workers, and heavy vehicle mechanics.
The most common cause of death for police officers at work is violence by persons.
23. Maintenance workers BLS Category: Maintenance and repair workers, general Fatal injury rate: 14 per 100,000 workers Total deaths (2018): 64 Salary: $39,080 Most common fatal accidents: Contact with objects and equipment
Maintenance workers perform routine maintenance at buildings and fix machines and mechanical equipment. These workers may fix equipment at homes, apartments, or businesses, and they may fix objects such as plumbing, electrical systems, and other machines. They may also be responsible for installing or assembling new equipment, doing general repairs, and ordering parts and supplies. The most common cause of workplace death for maintenance workers is contact with objects or equipment.
24. Construction workers BLS Category: Construction laborers Fatal injury rate: 13 per 100,000 workers Total deaths (2018): 259 Salary: $36,000 Most common fatal accidents: Falls, slips, trips
Construction workers provide physical labor for construction tasks at building sites. These workers are responsible for tasks such as unloading building materials, building scaffolding, digging trenches, and operating other construction machinery. They may also spend time cleaning construction sites either in preparation for or after the completion of construction. The most common cause of death for construction workers is falls.
25. Mining machine operators Fatal injury rate: 11 per 100,000 workers Total deaths (2018): 9 Salary: $56,530 Most common fatal accidents: Contact with objects and equipment
Mining machine operators operate machines that remove rock, coal, metals, or other hard materials from a mine and load it onto conveyors that transport the materials out of the mine.
Methodology In this study, we used data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The BLS conducts a Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries that tabulates the number of workplace fatalities by occupation by year. We also drew employment statistics for occupations from the Current Population Survey. In this study, we examined 263 professions with employment of at least 50,000 workers nationwide.
To calculate the fatal injury rate, we took the number of fatalities divided by the number of jobs in a given occupation for a given year. We normalized the fatality rate per 100,000 workers in order to compare professions with differing levels of employment. To calculate the fatal injury rate, we took the average of the rate for 2014-2018 to reduce the impact of single-year anomalies in the fatal injury data.
Information on the most common fatal accidents was drawn from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, and salary data came from the Occupational Employment Statistics
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Not surprised that logging is the most dangerous. I have cut down many dozens of big 95 foot high trees. But one day I got sideways with a big pine on the mountainside and it slid up on my leg, broke the thigh bone. Spent a long time in the hospital.
I have cut down a bunch more big trees since then, but I am a little more careful now.
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Not surprised that logging is the most dangerous. I have cut down many dozens of big 95 foot high trees. But one day I got sideways with a big pine on the mountainside and it slid up on my leg, broke the thigh bone. Spent a long time in the hospital.
I have cut down a bunch more big trees since then, but I am a little more careful now. Fallers typically drop “ many dozens “ in a day.
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No surprise for Loggers and Pilots. Did I miss "Commercial Fishermen" ? For many years, loggers, pilots and commercial fishermen had a lock on the top three spots, occasionally flip-flopping positions. But always the top three.
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Lol, I do three of those jobs on a daily basis.
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Orion the last time I saw one of these charts, commercial fisherman was at the top, followed by loggers in second. The guys who fish the Grand Banks off New England, as portrayed in the movie The Perfect Storm. How could this job not even make this list.
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Lol, I do three of those jobs on a daily basis. Farming, mechanic, logging, construction, road construction, truck driving. Squeezed all that into about 10 years.😎 Didn't see truckers mentioned. Usually in the top 5 of any list. I'm guessing this was aimed at undermining LEOs. Show their job isn't so dangerous? I've pondered cops lately, and this topic. We (I ) was raised to have extra respect for people in uniform. But not really. Not the mail man, mechanic, UPS..... Just first responders and military. But not really paramedics. So, Cops, Military, Fireman. Why? Because those people will die doing a job to benefit their fellow men. So do loggers, or truckers? It's not that they can die on the job. Anyone can. Falls are common. No! It is because those 3 professions face death. And take it on, personally. A fireman runs into great danger to save someone. Military same. There was a time, when cops PROTECTED and served their community. It was understood you might face great danger doing that job. Bravery was a requirement. Somewhere along the line they lost that element of actively protecting.
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Orion the last time I saw one of these charts, commercial fisherman was at the top, followed by loggers in second. The guys who fish the Grand Banks off New England, as portrayed in the movie The Perfect Storm. How could this job not even make this list. Probably didn’t meet the study criterion of 50,000 employed. Crack whore wasn’t there either.
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The most dangerous part of surviving a LEO career is keeping out of lawsuits and prison for "abusing" the rights of some innocent scofflaw. There are way too many under employed lawyers in America.
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Lol, I do three of those jobs on a daily basis. Farming, mechanic, logging, construction, road construction, truck driving. Squeezed all that into about 10 years.😎 Didn't see truckers mentioned. Usually in the top 5 of any list. I'm guessing this was aimed at undermining LEOs. Show their job isn't so dangerous? I've pondered cops lately, and this topic. We (I ) was raised to have extra respect for people in uniform. But not really. Not the mail man, mechanic, UPS..... Just first responders and military. But not really paramedics. So, Cops, Military, Fireman. Why? Because those people will die doing a job to benefit their fellow men. So do loggers, or truckers? It's not that they can die on the job. Anyone can. Falls are common. No! It is because those 3 professions face death. And take it on, personally. A fireman runs into great danger to save someone. Military same. There was a time, when cops PROTECTED and served their community. It was understood you might face great danger doing that job. Bravery was a requirement. Somewhere along the line they lost that element of actively protecting. The courts have determined cops have zero obligation to protect the public.
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Two stats that are not mentioned much are: Police suicides. We average one per day nationwide. During my tour (34 years) we had three. The last one is life expectancy after retirement. The national average for LE just under ten years of retirement then we die. It is what is. Now, who wants to be the police? We hiring! Please set up and sign up! Fun ,fun!
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Two stats that are not mentioned much are: Police suicides. We average one per day nationwide. During my tour (34 years) we had three. The last one is life expectancy after retirement. The national average for LE just under ten years of retirement then we die. It is what is. Now, who wants to be the police? We hiring! Please set up and sign up! Fun ,fun! Let's not forget domestic violence amongst law enforcement.
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Two stats that are not mentioned much are: Police suicides. We average one per day nationwide. During my tour (34 years) we had three. The last one is life expectancy after retirement. The national average for LE just under ten years of retirement then we die. It is what is. Now, who wants to be the police? We hiring! Please set up and sign up! Fun ,fun! Let's not forget domestic violence amongst law enforcement. Your “tour”?
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Anyone who works at a productive job is working for the benefit of society; whether or not he is given credit for doing so. Of course, most are not doing their job for altruistic reasons. Many of my family and friends have worked as loggers, including myself. I know of many who were injured but only one was killed in the woods. One friend worked for thirty years, falling big timber in Alaska, without any major incident, then returned to Idaho. He won a battle with throat cancer and was looking forward to his retirement when he fell in his shop and was killed. My father-in-law logged for fifty years, survived multiple injuries, then had a heart attack five months into his retirement, and died. Stuff happens. People who work in public service, whether they be police, firemen, garbage collectors, game wardens, or park rangers, are a valuable part of our system too. Whether or not their job is more or less dangerous than some other, doesn't really matter. By the way, in almost every fatality or serious injury, regardless of occupation, there is a component of human error; sometimes on the part of the injured, sometimes by someone else. GD
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Interesting that a fatality was the only measure of danger in the study.
Could it be that the law enforcement community is better at risk assessment and mitigation.
I have near 100% control over whether or not I fall off of a roof. A cop has almost no control over whether the person he contacts tries to kill him.
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No surprise for Loggers and Pilots. Did I miss "Commercial Fishermen" ? For many years, loggers, pilots and commercial fishermen had a lock on the top three spots, occasionally flip-flopping positions. But always the top three. If you ever worked closely with a large slice of the commercial fishing population, you'd understand why the fatality rate is higher than most other industries.
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When you drill down into the data, driving is near the top of dangerous activities. Even for logging, the drive to and from the work site is about as dangerous as the logs. Same with cops, even oil field workers and farmers. Take away the driving and a different ranking appears.
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It would be interesting to compare deaths by homicide. I don't have the stats at hand, but my recollection is that retail clerks, think convenience stores, are right up there. There's a reason they are called Stop and Robs.
Also, I'd think that vehicle accidents would be a major cause of LEO fatalities.
Edit: A quick search showed police officers at the top, followed closely by retail workers.
Consider that LEOs are expected to be able to defend themselves and are equipped to do so. Defending themselves, or even possessing a firearm on the job, will almost always get a retail worker fired.
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When you drill down into the data, driving is near the top of dangerous activities. Even for logging, the drive to and from the work site is about as dangerous as the logs. Same with cops, even oil field workers and farmers. Take away the driving and a different ranking appears. It's those goddam leeching ass bicyclists that are causing all of those deaths.
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It would be interesting to compare deaths by homicide. I don't have the stats at hand, but my recollection is that retail clerks, think convenience stores, are right up there. There's a reason they are called Stop and Robs.
Also, I'd think that vehicle accidents would be a major cause of LEO fatalities.
Edit: A quick search showed police officers at the top, followed closely by retail workers.
Consider that LEOs are expected to be able to defend themselves and are equipped to do so. Defending themselves, or even possessing a firearm on the job, will almost always get a retail worker fired. I know who I don't want to be on a list of homicides. It's OK. Too old, too pale.😎
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