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Per Glenn's story, I think that Farming is one of the most dangerous occupations?
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Couple of thoughts.
I agree none are immune from doing something foolish and it's easy to arm chair quarterback and be judgmental after the fact, and out of context. But backing up a bit ...First there is a difference between stupid (lack of intelligence or common sense) and being ignorant (lack of knowledge or training) I agree in todays complex world all of us suffer ignorance in certain areas BUT I am thinking the real striking mishaps may happen when those two intermingle Also I am going to float a question based on a theory that was forwarded years ago by some think tank or other. Is it possible that in the modern era of increasingly highly advanced tech and the overall increasingly logistical ease of survival and functioning today, (and given the effect of unintended consequences that always seems to accompany progress.) Are we actually seeing the results of making common sense and even intelligence itself , less of requirement for existence ? And in the Darwin frame also giving rise to an increasing statistical percentage in the lack of it, through increasing procreation ?
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I talked to people who specifically look for farm kids to hire.
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I have a friend who's Son (now 27 or so) took his ACT and SAT and had over 200 colleges after him. He got a full ride at Purdue, double major in an engineering discipline and mathematics of some kind. He's working third shift at a soap plant for 17.00 an hour because he never learned to actually speak to another human being. You get "yup", "nope" or "I don't know" out of him. He literally can't interview and therefore will likely never utilize his "intellect". It's really quite sad.
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I realize the mental capacity to create all of these advances are part of “survival of the fittest”, so in that sense we’re fitter than we’ve ever been. But on a physical level, it’s likely allowed/caused us to regress. And in some ways, all of this vast intelligence has ironically also led to many of us being able to survive being dumber. Nonetheless, I never fall into believing things were “better” in some mythical past age, because I know I probably wouldn’t have survived in those times. And I can only see the world as a better place for my ability to survive and help create two of my very favorite people in the world. -Ray
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"Nonetheless, I never fall into believing things were “better” in some mythical past age" Totally agree I think that entire concept of some kind of "return to the good old days" is not only a specious notion and rose colored myth at best , but is often an excuse to justify a fear based perspective. And is forced to ignore the fundamental objective nature of change being the only constant.
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Occupations With High Fatal Injury Rates in 2017 Industry Fatality Rate (per 100,000) Fishing 99.8 Logging 84.3 Aircraft Pilots & Flight Engineers 48.6 Roofers 45.2 Refuse & Recyclable Materials Collectors 35.0 Structural Iron & Steel Workers 33.4 Driver/Sales Workers & Truck Drivers 26.8 Farmers, Ranchers & Other Ag. Mgrs. 24.0 Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn & Grounds 21.0 Elec. Power Line Installers & Repairers 18.7 |
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The ocean can be so beautiful and so angry. We lost 6 fishermen here in a storm just before Christmas. It took a month before the sunken boat was found and it was just 1.5 miles off shore.
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Yes, farming can be dangerous because they are exposed to so many things. I liked working with dairy farmers. I was 30 years old back then and they were all giving me a hard time about not knowing anything, but actually as I worked with them we gained a lot of mutual respect for each other. I live in an area of logging and fishing today, two areas that are even more dangerous than farming. A lot of the people I worked with in our plant came from logging and fishing, so again I had a lot of interesting people to work with very diverse backgrounds who always had good feedback to give me on problems I had to solve. I listened to them, and they respected me for giving them credit and incorporating their ideas. - Glenn
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There's a few basic things that you would think people would know - combustion and gravity for instance - you don't light a match to see how much gas is at the bottom of the gas can; If you put that hammer on the top of the folding ladder while you fix one of the legs, it will fall and hit you in the head.
Mostly I have found that common sense can be environment specific. An apartment dweller won't know much about lawn mowers, but knows which elevators to avoid and knows not to get in one during a storm, etc. While a person who grew up in suburbia might know a bit more about working with hand and power tools. But, as a wise man once said "You can't fix stupid."
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Bet the number one was falls:
10. First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers • 2018 fatal injury rate: 20.2 per 100,000 workers • Total injuries in 2018: 48 fatal injuries, 1,990 nonfatal injuries • Most common cause of fatal accident: Falls, slips, trips • Median annual wage: $48,220 |