Anyone here have a dangerous job? Our newspaper, "The Press of Atlantic City", covers a lot of topics related to the ocean, as you might figure. Recently they have been running a series on Commercial Fishing. It is the #1 most deadliest occupation in the USA. In 2008, there were 128 deaths per 100,000 employees. 2nd was Logging; 71 deaths. This year off the Jersey coast there have been 8 deaths; two separate incidences; 6 in one and 2 in the other. In addition to deaths there are numerous injuries.

When I was a lineman/splicer for NY Telephone we had a death in our group. A lineman was doing something he shouldn't have - standing on the cab of the truck to fix a cable. The cable was hanging to low over the road, a passing truck hit the cable which in turn hit the lineman and flung him onto the road. He didn't survive the head injuries. We had numerous close calls with electricity also.