trucking jobs
Posted on 20-05-2008

Not Just a Job…

Filed Under (Trucking - Health, Trucking - Industry)

More truckers killed on the job than any other occupation. According to the U.S. Labor Department. A total of 5,915 fatal work injuries were recorded in 2000, down 2 percent from 1999. 70 percent of them were killed in a highway collision, 2 percent by homicide. Behind trucking, rates of fatal injury were highest in the mining, construction and agricultural fields.

There was another report of how truckers had the shortest life spans compared to other occupations. Due to bad habits, bad diet, life style and stress.

Nice Press! And what’s bad, is that they could cut salaries in half and people would still drive. It gets in the blood, it’s addicting and now it’s not just a job, it’s the most dangerous job. I still wouldn’t trade it for anything else.

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