6 Most Unhealthy Jobs

Firefighter And Police officer

Injuries, illnesses and on-the-job fatalities are a part and parcel of this these two lines of work, but this is not the reason why this profession is in the list. In the words of Dr. Chosewood, "Emergency responder jobs are very stressful.” And he added that, "More firefighters actually die of heart attacks on the job than they do from going into burning buildings. It's the unpredictability, having to go from zero to 100 on very short notice; you have to be on high alert at all times."

Improper sleep, long working hours, and not very conducive work environment also threaten the health of these professionals.

Some of the other professionals who have also made it to the list include, refuse and recyclable material collectors, nuclear equipment operations technicians, pilots, air hostess, oil rig workers, manual laborer and more.

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