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Mosaic 2 Reading, 4/e
Brenda Wegmann
Miki Knezevic
Marilyn Bernstein

Danger and Daring

Completing a Summary

Complete the summary of the reading with the appropriate words.



1

In 1995, The BLS (The Bureau of Statistics) performed a study which classified many jobs as hazardous, and the findings were surprising.
2

In the first part of the study it looked at job-related .
3

It found that the highest rate of job-related deaths, as well the job with the highest relative risk was that of commercial .
4

In the second part of the study the BLS looked at illnesses and injuries. Another study by the U.S. Department of Justice and Bureau of Justice Statistics studied the risk of in the workplace, since the BLS had determined that was the second leading cause of job-related deaths.
5

One question which many people ask is, " do people do dangerous jobs?"
6

Sebastian , author of the book The Perfect Storm, believes that most people take dangerous jobs in order to survive.
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Two examples of this are livery cab drivers and .
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Finally, is also recognized as a dangerous job, especially for war correspondents.
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is a journalist who was recently killed by reporting on the Afghan war.
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Some ask why he did it, but others say he was just doing his .