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  2. Alaskan king crab fishing - Wikipedia

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    Statistically, Alaskan crab fishing remains the most dangerous job in the United States. [4] In 2006, the Bureau of Labor Statistics ranked commercial fishing as the occupation with the highest fatality rate, with 141.7 per 100,000 per year, almost 75% higher than the rate for pilots, flight engineers, and loggers, the next-most hazardous ...

  3. Deadliest Catch - Wikipedia

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    Deadliest Catch is an American reality television series that premiered on the Discovery Channel on April 12, 2005. The show follows crab fishermen aboard fishing vessels in the Bering Sea during the Alaskan king crab and snow crab fishing seasons. The base of operations for the fishing fleet is the Aleutian Islands port of Dutch Harbor, Alaska.

  4. List of maritime disasters in the 20th century - Wikipedia

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    Üsküdar – A small passenger ferry sank due to heavy lodos weather in the Gulf of İzmit on 1 March. 272 passengers including seven crew died; 39 people survived. 272. 1994. Kenya. Likoni Ferry – On 29 April the overloaded passenger ferry Mtongwe One capsized and sank killing 272 people of the more than 300 aboard.

  5. Top 10 Most Dangerous Jobs - AOL

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    All jobs comes with health risks, but while some are minor, like computer eye strain or a slipping hazard in the break room by the coffee machine, others are more serious and even potentially even ...

  6. Commercial fishing - Wikipedia

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    Commercial fishing may offer an abundance of jobs, but the pay varies from boat to boat, season to season. Crab fisherman Cade Smith was quoted in an article by Business Week as saying, "There was always a top boat where the crew members raked in $50,000 during the three- to five-day king crab season—or $100,000 for the longer snow crab ...

  7. These Are the Top 15 Dangerous Jobs in America, Study Finds - AOL

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    14. Commercial Pilot. Fatal injuries among drivers spurred an industry-wide increase in the fatal injury rate. However, commercial pilots still have the most dangerous transportation job and the ...

  8. List of diving hazards and precautions - Wikipedia

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    Avoid or prevent accidents resulting in unconsciousness. Use of a full face mask or diving helmet to protect the airway. [6] Use of surface-supplied diving equipment with voice communications. [7][5] Adequate swimming skills and fitness for the circumstances. [8] Use of snorkel when appropriate.

  9. Saturation diving - Wikipedia

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    Saturation diver conducts deep sea salvage operations. Saturation diving is diving for periods long enough to bring all tissues into equilibrium with the partial pressures of the inert components of the breathing gas used. It is a diving mode that reduces the number of decompressions divers working at great depths must undergo by only ...