01-04-2023, 12:49 AM
(01-04-2023, 12:32 AM)maclanta Wrote: There are a lot of jobs with significant mortality risk... Coal mining comes to mind.
But most of these jobs do not come with the opportunity of the nfl or the American media. Yet people still work in coal mines...
NFL players are modern day gladiators... But it is not an unrewarded profession in comparison. It is in our faces, while coal mining and other dangerous professions are not.
Taking care of each other is the only important equalizer. Be a better human. Care about others. The rest is probably about money.
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This is actually a true reality check....
10 people on average die in the coal mines each and every year.
In 2021 over 700 construction workers died on the job, over 1,000 truckers and material delivery drivers died, over 200 grounds and maintenance workers died, hell 83 retail workers died on the job a year ago as well.
None of these workers are in the same stratosphere in terms of money or fame as a pro athlete, yet their families and friends were most likely just as devastated. Many of us may see a small blurb about a job accident and go right on to the next topic. Everyone needs to be careful.
