The 10 most dangerous jobs in China
What do you think are the most dangerous jobs in China? Mining workers is always making headlines for the number of lives lost, also Chinese young men working on fishing trawleys and losing their lives at sea are also too much on the high side. Here is a latest different list of some new dangerous jobs in China which may surprise you:
Job 1: Casual laborer
Casual laborers have been loaded with too many shifted blames. Whenever there is a government scandal it will finally be shifted on their heads. They eat worse than dogs, do more work than donkey, eat worse than pigs, and die more miserable than pig. No profession can match up to casual laborers’ sad circumstances.
Job 2: Civil servant
We often hear news that some civil servants die suddenly after drinking too much alcohol with leaders. Some people suspects that how can civil servants stay up late to work overtime, how they can die suddenly in so comfortable position. But what we do not know is their hardship behind the envious job, they often go out to socialize in various occasions, they drink a lot alcohol and have many girls around them, all of which cause great harm to their body. Civil servants are really worthy of the second position.
Job 3: Web editor
They often work over time for several days, stay up until the wee hours or sometimes even work for the whole night. Recently lots of news emerge one after another that website editors, TV and online video staff die from overwork, warning people to pay more attention to long-term overtime workers.
Job 4: Sanitation workers
They have to face bad weather, clock disorder, hard work or even traffic accident every day. So sanitation workers are also regarded as high risk jobs.
Job 5: Police
Shortage of policemen and heavy workload are the main reasons of their health problems. And a large number of non-police work pressures make their body situation even worse.
Job 6: Reporter
Reporters often work overtime and sudden death is already no news. They do not have regular working time and often move from one place to another, sometimes they even work continuously for 48 hours, never-ending work makes them suffer untold misery.
Job 7: Urban management officer
Their duty is to expel the street venders; they do not want to argue with hawkers. However, they cannot avoid facing the violent resistance in many situations. So urban management is also one of the dangerous jobs in China.
Job 8: Doctors
Chinese hospitals are dangerous places to work. Attacks by patients or their relatives often injure medical workers. According to rough estimates, between 2000 and 2010 more than 10,000 medical staff were injured annually, with 11 medical personnel killed by their patients. This increasing violence towards doctors in China’s hospitals has significantly affected the working environment of medical staff, turning hospitals into battlegrounds.
Job 9: Production line workers
Worker abuse and illegal overtime often cause self-suicide or overwork death in some big factories like Huawei, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Foxconn and other giant China manufactures. According to report, eleven workers died after jumping off buildings in the Foxconn Campus between 2007 and February 2011.
Job 10: Taobao online shop owner
In China, where online commerce is booming, the most popular online shopping platform is Taobao.com, which allows users to set up virtual shops to sell products ranging from clothing to stationery to food items. On July 17, 2012, one such shop owner, a young and pretty 24-year-old called Ai Jun, suddenly passed away, attracting considerable attention from netizens who believe that her death might have been caused by overwork. Some Taobao shop owners have stepped forward and said that working overtime or staying up all night is a common thing for them. Their lifestyle has become a matter of interest, as recent surveys find that no matter the size of the shop, most online sellers play a lone hand, doing everything from A to Z.
