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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Sex work is the most dangerous job in the world. They have a higher number of victims of violence and PTSD than any other profession. For PTSD only war veterans have similar results.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pretty sure truck driver is the most dangerous job in the world.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Perhaps you shouldn't just guess but actually look it up.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Data is tough to come by. Truck driver is the most dangerous LEGAL job, 2-3 times as dangerous as the next most dangerous job. But getting data on illegal jobs is very difficult for obvious reasons.

In other words, I did look it up.