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September 14, 2012

What Is Not on the List of the 10 Most Fatal Industries?

LOS ANGELES—The Huffington Post has a pictorial slide show on its site that lists the 10 Most Fatal Industries. (Click here to see it and scroll to the bottom of the page.) Not a terribly pleasant subject, to be sure, but it got us thinking about our own industry, which is often cited as being inherently dangerous. The question, though, is if it really as unsafe as other industries. At any rate, it's not on the list. The top 10 most fatal industries (accounting for 89 percent of all work related deaths in 2009) are: 1. Construction Total number of workers killed in 2009: 816 Percentage of all work-related deaths in 2009: 19 percent 2. Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting Total number of workers killed in 2009: 551 Percentage share of all work-related deaths in 2009: 13 percent 3. Transportation and Warehousing Total number of workers killed in 2009: 579 Percentage of all work-related deaths in 2009: 13 percent 4. Government Total number of workers killed in 2009: 450 Percentage of all work-related deaths in 2009: 10 percent 5. Professional And Business Services Total number of workers killed in 2009: 394 Percentage of all work-related deaths in 2009: 9 percent 6. Manufacturing Total number of workers killed in 2009: 304 Percentage of all work-related deaths in 2009: 7 percent 7. Retail Trade Total number of workers killed in 2009: 291 Percentage of all work-related deaths in 2009: 7 percent 8. Leisure And Hospitality Total number of workers killed in 2009: 216 Percentage of all work-related deaths in 2009: 5 percent 9. Wholesale Trade Total number of workers killed in 2009: 186 Percentage of all work-related deaths in 2009: 4 percent 10. Mining Total number of workers killed in 2009: 101 Percentage of all work-related deaths in 2009: 2 percent So how does the adult entertainment industry compare with those numbers from 2009? iafd.com has a page devoted entirely to performers who have died. The page is broken into sections listing cause of death, such as Accidental, Suicide, Murder, OD, Unknown, Medical, etc. The page lists a total of 23 industry professionals who died in 2009 for one reason or another, including natural causes at an older age. Three were murdered, though, and one died from HIV/AIDS. There were also two suicides but no reported deaths from drug overdoses. It would be remiss to state that none of the more troubling deaths was completely unrelated to the industry, but neither can a direct connection be made with any of them. No one would be foolish enough to suggest that working in adult entertainment is risk free, but compared with some other industries one's chances of dying seem to be of magnitudes less. Why, then, are so many people trying to paint porn as such a hazard to life and limb? Could it be the ... sex?

 
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