Most dangerous jobs you have had

[waterrat]

An example is my good friend Monty. He is one of the toughest dudes I know. Once he was sliding down a sand line to the ground when he snagged a wicker and snatched one of his nuts right out. Another time he was in the crows nest when the rig went down beating him up pretty badly. He recovered and next time a rig went over with him and had tubing swarm him and pinched off his arm. He survived and just finally retired a short time ago after 30yrs.

 

[snipe n]

Some tree removals where it was pretty sketchy. Or working in a recycling carpet foam plant. 104F and dusty as hell. Still cough like hell from that and it has been 30 plus years.

 

[Iammichael6499]

Husband

Being a son-in-law is much more dangerous.

 

[DisplacedDuck]

Worked in a “sour” oil field in Texas for a while. Hydrogen Sulfide concentration in the 100,000 ppm from the wellstream (death occurs around 500).

Scary thing about Hydrogen Sulfide is if it gets above 100ppm, it actually kills your olfactory’s ability to smell it—meaning you stop smelling the thing that’s capable of killing you.

Never had anything remotely close to a “close call” though, personally or anyone I knew. Gas stays where it should and it’s business as usual.

 

[ARHHH4]

Being a son-in-law is much more dangerous.

I lucked out pretty good. He and I are one in the same

 

[Sam Ortmann]

I worked in the woods in Western Oregon in the late 70's. Saw 3 people killed in 6 months before I quit.

One new choker setter was being "initiated" by the donkey operator. Once the choker was strung around the log it was hooked to the butrigging on the high lead skycar. The setter ran to the sidelines and pulled the wire that tooted the horn for the all clear sign to begin dragging the logs uphill. The donkey operator was not waiting for the signal but pulled the logs before the choker setter was clear to see how fast he could scramble. Poor kid was squished like a bug when the log swung around. Playing pick up sticks with 2 ton logs can be dangerous. This crew was super dangerous as they were young, dumb and full of cum. I walked off the job that day.

Another guy was running a rubber tire skidder, the log he was pulling caught on a stump. The stump did not give so the skidder flipped over. Even though there was a roll cage, it only protected the top, not the sides. When the tractor flipped on it's side a big stump went right through the driver. That one was tough as I really liked the guy and they were a safe crew of 40 year olds with families. Ripped the crew apart and I had to find a new job again.

Last crew I worked for the faller was dropping a tree and a "widowmaker" branch fell on top of him. Earlier that day he felled a tree that went the wrong way. I heard someone yell "falling downhill" and saw the giant coming towards me. I was lucky the underbrush was open and I was able to run to safety. That was my last day working in the woods.

Logging has got to be tough. I work for an excavation company and we do a lot of land clearing and pushing trees is one of the hardest and most dangerous thing on people and equipment. I’ve seen all sorts of equipment banged up, bent, twisted, mangled, and squashed from moving trees. I know a guy that was pushing trees with a high lift and the trunk came back into the cab and crushed him against the seat killing him instantly. I know another guy who was pushing brush with a skid loader and got speared in the abdomen. He survived. I worked with a guy that used to log in the Ozarks and he rolled a skidder down the side of some steep azz mountain and got pretty banged up.
Other than brush clearing I know a guy that passed away just this past year from sewer gasses in a manhole and another when I was a kid that got killed in a ditch cave in. Another that fell off the top of a foundation and was impaled on rebar. Been a part of some potential code brown situations a couple times myself.

 

[Mudtoes]

Being a son-in-law is much more dangerous.

Only if you do your father in law’s daughter wrong!

 

[waterswatter]

I respect all of you guys who are working and especially those who are in dangerous occupations.

 

[woodiefanatic]

Paper mill. Honestly it sounds mundane but there were a handful of deaths and a fair amount of people missing fingers or limbs thru the years. Just the size and scale of everything there, if you didn’t follow safety procedures, it probably wasn’t going to end well.

 

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Cable TV. The antenna towers climbed up to 125' for local channels. Could be swaying up to 10'. Beautiful view but windy days make you pucker. I leave those heights for the ducks and geese now.