The 32 most dangerous jobs for your health
Metal pourers and casters
Orthotists and prosthetists
Overall unhealthiness score: 55.7
Top 3 health risks:
- Exposure to hazardous equipment: 90
- Exposure to contaminants: 88
- Exposure to disease or infections: 79
What they do, according to O*NET: Design, measure, fit, and adapt orthopedic braces, appliances or prostheses, such as limbs or facial parts for patients with disabling conditions.
Mining roof bolters
Overall unhealthiness score: 55.9
Top 3 health risks:
- Exposure to contaminants: 100
- Exposure to hazardous equipment: 100
- Exposure to hazardous conditions: 91
What they do, according to O*NET: Operate machinery to install roof support bolts in underground mines.
Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders
Overall unhealthiness score: 55.9
Top 3 health risks:
- Exposure to contaminants: 99
- Exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings: 97
- Exposure to hazardous conditions: 82
What they do, according to O*NET: Operate or tend furnaces to melt and refine metal before casting or to produce specified types of steel.
Surgical technologists
Overall unhealthiness score: 55.9
Top 3 health risks:
- Exposure to disease or infections: 82
- Exposure to contaminants: 81
- Exposure to hazardous conditions: 59
What they do, according to O*NET: Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons, registered nurses, or other surgical personnel.
Surgical assistants
Overall unhealthiness score: 55.9
Top 3 health risks:
- Exposure to disease or infections: 87
- Exposure to hazardous conditions: 70
- Exposure to contaminants: 69
What they do, according to O*NET: Assist surgeons during surgery by performing duties such as tissue retraction, insertion of tubes and intravenous lines, or closure of surgical wounds.
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics
Overall unhealthiness score: 56.0
Top 3 health risks:
- Exposure to disease or infections: 89
- Exposure to contaminants: 73
- Exposure to hazardous equipment: 68
What they do, according to O*NET: Assess injuries, administer emergency medical care, and extricate trapped individuals.
Municipal firefighting and prevention supervisors
Overall unhealthiness score: 56.4
Top 3 health risks:
- Exposure to hazardous equipment: 74
- Exposure to contaminants: 72
- Exposure to disease or infections: 71
What they do, according to O*NET: Supervise firefighters who control and extinguish municipal fires, protect life and property, and conduct rescue efforts.
Mine shuttle car operators
Overall unhealthiness score: 57.1
Top 3 health risks:
- Exposure to contaminants: 100
- Exposure to hazardous equipment: 86
- Time spent sitting: 82
What they do, according to O*NET: Operate diesel or electric-powered shuttle car in underground mine to transport materials from working face to mine cars or conveyor.
Nurse anesthetists
Overall unhealthiness score: 57.1
Top 3 health risks:
- Exposure to disease or infections: 96
- Exposure to contaminants: 87
- Exposure to radiation: 77
What they do, according to O*NET: Administer anesthetics, monitor patient's vital signs, and oversee patient recovery from anesthesia.
Flight attendants
Overall unhealthiness score: 57.4
Top 3 health risks:
- Exposure to contaminants: 88
- Exposure to disease or infections: 77
- Exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings: 69
What they do, according to O*NET: Provide personal services to ensure the safety, security, and comfort of airline passengers during flights.
Anesthesiologists
Overall unhealthiness score: 57.4
Top 3 health risks:
- Exposure to disease or infections: 90
- Exposure to contaminants: 81
- Exposure to radiation: 72
What they do, according to O*NET: Physicians who administer anesthetics prior to, during, or after surgery or other medical procedures.
Refrigeration mechanics and installers
Overall unhealthiness score: 57.6
Top 3 health risks:
- Exposure to hazardous conditions: 93
- Exposure to contaminants: 91
- Exposure to hazardous equipment: 83
What they do, according to O*NET: Install and repair industrial and commercial refrigerating systems.
Refuse and recyclable-material collectors
Overall unhealthiness score: 57.9
Top 3 health risks:
- Exposure to contaminants: 97
- Exposure to hazardous equipment: 75
- Spend time sitting: 69
What they do, according to O*NET: Collect and dump refuse or recyclable materials from containers into trucks.
Fire investigators
Overall unhealthiness score: 58.1
Top 3 health risks:
- Exposure to contaminants: 80
- Exposure to hazardous equipment: 68
- Exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings: 67
What they do, according to O*NET: Conduct investigations to determine causes of fires and explosions.
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers
Overall unhealthiness score: 58.3
Top 3 health risks:
- Exposure to disease or infections: 87
- Exposure to contaminants: 82
- Exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings: 77
What they do, according to O*NET: Feed, water, and examine pets and other non-farm animals for signs of illness, disease, or injury.
Millwrights
Overall unhealthiness score: 58.6
Top 3 health risks:
- Exposure to hazardous equipment: 89
- Exposure to contaminants: 88
- Exposure to hazardous conditions: 78
What they do, according to O*NET: Install, dismantle, or move machinery and heavy equipment according to layout plans, blueprints, or other drawings.
Nuclear equipment operation technicians
Overall unhealthiness score: 58.7
Top 3 health risks:
- Exposure to radiation: 92
- Exposure to hazardous conditions: 81
- Exposure to contaminants: 74
What they do, according to O*NET: Operate equipment used for the release, control, or utilization of nuclear energy to assist scientists in laboratory or production activities.
Oil, gas, and mining service unit operators
Overall unhealthiness score: 58.9
Top 3 health risks:
- Exposure to contaminants: 94
- Exposure to hazardous equipment: 90
- Exposure to hazardous conditions: 89
What they do, according to O*NET: Operate equipment to increase oil flow from producing wells or to remove stuck pipe, casing, tools, or other obstructions from drilling wells.
Elevator installers and repairers
Overall unhealthiness score: 58.9
Top 3 health risks:
- Exposure to hazardous conditions: 98
- Exposure to hazardous equipment: 95
- Exposure to contaminants: 82
What they do, according to O*NET: Assemble, install, repair, or maintain electric or hydraulic freight or passenger elevators, escalators, or dumbwaiters.
Histotechnologists and histologic technicians
Overall unhealthiness score: 59.1
Top 3 health risks:
- Exposure to hazardous conditions: 88
- Exposure to contaminants: 76
- Exposure to disease or infections: 75
What they do, according to O*NET: Prepare histologic slides from tissue sections for microscopic examination and diagnosis by pathologists.
Refractory materials repairers, except brickmasons
Overall unhealthiness score: 59.4
Top 3 health risks:
- Exposure to contaminants: 100
- Exposure to hazardous equipment: 87
- (tie) Exposure to hazardous conditions/Exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings: 85
What they do, according to O*NET: Build or repair equipment such as furnaces, kilns, cupolas, boilers, converters, ladles, soaking pits and ovens by using refractory materials.
Municipal firefighters
Overall unhealthiness score: 59.4
Top 3 health risks:
- Exposure to contaminants: 82
- Exposure to hazardous equipment: 79
- Exposure to disease or infections: 77
What they do, according to O*NET: Control and extinguish municipal fires, protect life and property, and conduct rescue efforts.
Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers
Overall unhealthiness score: 59.4
Top 3 health risks:
- Spend time sitting: 93
- Exposure to hazardous equipment: 82
- Exposure to radiation: 73
What they do, according to O*NET: Pilot and navigate the flight of fixed-wing, multi-engine aircraft, usually on scheduled air carrier routes, for the transport of passengers and cargo.
Stationary engineers and boiler operators
Overall unhealthiness score: 60.0
Top 3 health risks:
- Exposure to contaminants: 99
- Exposure to hazardous conditions: 89
- Exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings: 84
What they do, according to O*NET: Operate or maintain stationary engines, boilers, or other mechanical equipment to provide utilities for buildings or industrial processes.
Dental assistants
Overall unhealthiness score: 60.1
Top 3 health risks:
- Exposure to disease or infections: 96
- Exposure to radiation: 85
- Exposure to contaminants: 78
What they do, according to O*NET: Assist dentist, set up equipment, prepare patient for treatment, and keep records.
Immigration and customs inspectors
Overall unhealthiness score: 60.1
Top 3 health risks:
- Exposure to contaminants: 78
- Exposure to hazardous equipment: 65
- Exposure to disease or infections: 63
What they do, according to O*NET: Investigate and inspect persons, common carriers, goods, and merchandise, arriving in or departing from the United States or between states to detect violations of immigration and customs laws and regulations.
Oil and gas derrick operators
Overall unhealthiness score: 61.7
Top 3 health risks:
- Exposure to contaminants: 100
- Exposure to hazardous equipment: 96
- Exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings: 93
What they do, according to O*NET: Rig derrick equipment and operate pumps to circulate mud through drill hole.
Prosthodontists
Overall unhealthiness score: 62.7
Top 3 health risks:
- Exposure to disease or infections: 88
- Exposure to contaminants: 74
- Spend time sitting: 66
What they do, according to O*NET: Construct oral prostheses to replace missing teeth and other oral structures to correct natural and acquired deformation of mouth and jaws.
Dental hygienists
Overall unhealthiness score: 64.1
Top 3 health risks:
- Exposure to disease or infections: 100
- Exposure to radiation: 91
- Spend time sitting: 85
What they do, according to O*NET: Clean teeth and examine oral areas, head, and neck for signs of oral disease.
Dentists
Overall unhealthiness score: 64.6
Top 3 health risks:
- Exposure to disease or infections: 95
- Exposure to radiation: 85
- Spend time sitting: 82
What they do, according to O*NET: Examine, diagnose, and treat diseases, injuries, and malformations of teeth and gums.
Dental laboratory technicians
Overall unhealthiness score: 66.0
Top 3 health risks:
- Exposure to contaminants: 99
- Spend time sitting: 85
- Exposure to disease or infections: 72
What they do, according to O*NET: Construct and repair full or partial dentures or dental appliances.
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