Are we comparing academics to, say, stevedores?
How many academic deaths were there last year?
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 9 Nov 2011, 10:47, 2 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

That Kelly chap died, that time. You know, from WMDs.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 9 Nov 2011, 10:49, Reply)

Weaponised Massive Drugges?

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 9 Nov 2011, 10:50, Reply)

I like ye olde spellinge on this, but I'm not sure why it was necessary

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 9 Nov 2011, 10:53, Reply)

Not including suicides.
Seeing as this is an asessment of the danger involved in one's chosen profession.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 9 Nov 2011, 10:51, Reply)

"suicide"
It was MI5 maaaan!
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 9 Nov 2011, 10:52, Reply)

bit sick but
I
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 9 Nov 2011, 10:56, Reply)

We're not comparing anyone with anyone
we're pointing out that getting pissed at work might not be best idea if you have dangerous things to deal with.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 9 Nov 2011, 10:51, Reply)

I thought we were talking about what is "slightly dangerous"?

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 9 Nov 2011, 10:52, Reply)

So you're saying being drunk in a lab with high-pressure steam and hydrogen
isn't dangerous? particularly if you are in charge and the lab is full of students?

I'm also unsure what dock workers have to do with this? Unless you're talking about danger to their arseholes from Russian sailors?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 9 Nov 2011, 10:55, Reply)