Since you brought up stats: Annual Fatality Rates by Profession (Deaths per 100,000 full-time equivalents) Miners (2000-2010): 25 Commercial F

Since you brought up stats: Annual Fatality Rates by Profession (Deaths per 100,000 full-time equivalents) Miners (2000-2010): 25 Commercial Fisherman (2000-2010): 124 Alaskan Bush Pilots (1990-2009): 287 *Alaskan crab fishers: 300 U.S. military in Iraq (2003-2007): 335 Everest Sherpas (2000-2010): 1,332 Everest Sherpas (2004-2014): 4,053 Source: [1], except for your entry, marked with a *. Anyway, the "no one is forced" argument has been used to justify (or minimize the negative image of) all manner of free-market labor abuses since the beginning of time. Of course, it ignores the crushing poverty levels which drive people to "choose" most high-risk professions on the first place.[2] Which tend to be basically unimaginable to most people making the "no one is forced" argument. [1] http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/climbing/mountaineering/By-the-Numbers-Everest-Fatality-Rates.html http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/climbing/moun... {2] http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/04/140418-everest-avalanche-sherpas-killed-culture/ http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/04/140418-evere...