As made clear by Bill Guttentag's Academy Award-nominated "Death on the Job", one of the most dangerous things that you can do in the US is go to work. The documentary shows a number of on-the-job deaths resulting from unsafe conditions and the companies' disregard for regulations. A lawyer mentioned that while OSHA is supposed to investigate workspaces, it rarely does, and it often gets announced when OSHA is coming so that the company can give the illusion of safety.
I don't know if the number of on-the-job deaths is the same today, although I could think of some examples that happened since the documentary's release (namely the Crandall Canyon Mine in 2007 and the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in 2010). Not to mention the horrible things that happen in the meatpacking plants that supply fast food chains.
The point is that if you do a job, there's a chance that it might be the last thing you do. Definitely check out the documentary (you can watch it on YouTube).
