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May 13, 2016
Q. They risk death for you, fight crime and are tough as superheroes to boot. Who are these praiseworthy folks?
A. No, they're not police officers or firefighters but rather everyday garbage collectors, who face dangerous situations more often than you might imagine, reports Samuel Anderson in Mental Floss magazine. “With 33 fatalities per 100,000 employees a year, sanitation work is one of America's deadliest jobs — two to three times as dangerous as being a police officer and seven times as dangerous as firefighting.” Also, in some areas they're “neighborhood watchpeople” who report suspicious activity to police.
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