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Mine job is VERY dangerous. Drilling. We are also truck drivers to get to the job and electricians as part of our hook-up.
Drilling isn't THAT dangerous. Construction, fishing and lumbering are more dangerous.
You are more likely to be assaulted than a construction worker though. In 2004 48 workers in natural resources and mining (where you fit in) were killed on the job by assaults and violent acts and only 30 in construction. However 47 people were so killed that year in financial services! And 51 in professional and business services.
In 2004 (the year for which I have info right at hand) 811 workers were killed in natural resources and mining, 1224 in construction, 459 in manufacturing, 1445 in trade, transportation and utilities, 54 in information, 115 in financial activities, 448 in professional and business services, 157 in education and health care, 245 in leisure and hospitality and 204 in other services.
The largest single cause of death was falls at 815; 441 of those in construction and the others spread through other fields such as the 76 people killed by falls in professional and business services. People break their neck and die falling from stools and stepladders, you don't need to take a 100 foot header off the iron to meet your maker.
Since retiring from the boilermakers I sometimes work as a construction safety consultant, I have tons of odd information.
Last edited by Irishtom29; 09-09-2008 at 09:57 PM..
Drilling isn't THAT dangerous. Construction, fishing and lumbering are more dangerous.
You are more likely to be assaulted than a construction worker though. In 2004 48 workers in natural resources and mining (where you fit in) were killed on the job by assaults and violent acts and only 30 in construction. However 47 people were so killed that year in financial services! And 51 in professional and business services.
In 2004 (the year for which I have info right at hand) 811 workers were killed in natural resources and mining, 1224 in construction, 459 in manufacturing, 1445 in trade, transportation and utilities, 54 in information, 115 in financial activities, 448 in professional and business services, 157 in education and health care, 245 in leisure and hospitality and 204 in other services.
The largest single cause of death was falls at 815; 441 of those in construction and the others spread through other fields such as the 76 people killed by falls in professional and business services. People break their neck and die falling from stools and stepladders, you don't need to take a 100 foot header off the iron to meet your maker.
Since retiring from the boilermakers I sometimes work as a construction safety consultant, I have tons of odd information.
Hey baby cakes, we ARE construction. I was up the 40 derrick three times last week, we use dynamite at times. We are in deep trenches laying water lines. We work, at times under hight power lines. Anytime you want to give it a try, PM me. Laibe Corp (http://www.laibecorp.com/versadrill.html - broken link)
Open the specs on the top rig. Scroll all the way down to the control panel. Study up. Read about the amount of power that rig has. Drilling 100 foot an hour is not playing games. Get that far and I will explain the hight pressure centrifugal pumps. BTW, each year we are cautioned by our insurance about sun exposure.
Last edited by Driller1; 09-09-2008 at 11:33 PM..
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