(December 2012) Fort Lesley J. McNair is a United States Army post located on the tip of Greenleaf Point, the peninsula that lies at the confluence of the Potomac River and the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C. To the peninsula's west is the Washington Channel, while the Anacostia River is on its south side.
In many industrialized countries, where the number of deaths from work-related accidents has been falling, deaths from occupational disease, notably asbestosis, is on the rise. Globally, asbestos alone is responsible for 100,000 occupational deaths per year.
Incidents involving transportation are the primary cause of fatal work injuries (41%), and homicide and violence (17%) come in second. Yet surprisingly, firefighting and police work did not make the list. Below are the most dangerous job in 2012, along with annual pay, according to the BLS.