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TIL; Garbageman is more dangerous than being a Fire Fighter.
by zimbatm 11y ago
TIL; Garbageman is more dangerous than being a Fire Fighter.
- k__ 11y agoWhy? They run around and move dustbins.
- exDM69 11y agoAnd then use giant machines to crush, pack, transport and store the waste. When you see them "run around and move dustbins", it's probably the easiest and safest part of their job. What you don't see is what happens at the landfill or incinerator plant, and this is a bigger part of the job than collecting waste from domestic customers.
- ptaipale 11y agoActually, getting crushed by the waste truck is probably still a major risk. When you run around and move dustbins, and this running around is done near a truck that is constantly starting and stopping movement, people sometimes end up in a wrong place.
- jacquesm 11y agoThey operate hydraulic machinery that has the ability to crush you in an instant and they're in and out of traffic on foot all day long.
- cpwright 11y agoThey also run around and move garbage cans in the street where they can get hit by cars. They also ride on the side of a truck, just holding onto a handrail and a step. If they lose their balance or grip that could be end badly too.
- akgerber 11y agoIn the New York City commercial waste industry, one often sees men hanging off the back of trucks flying through Manhattan at flagrantly illegal speeds.
- Avshalom 11y agoAlso firefighters are rarely more than a few minutes from an ambulance. I should look up the urban/wildland split on that death rate