Re: Train Drivers Life Expectancy

["Fred Morley" <fredendi@iprimus.com.au>]

Thats why I retired at 60.I am now 67 /8 and am in pretty  good health since
I finished in 1993.I might not have lasted to 64 if I had stayed on the job
as much as I  liked the job and the workmates.

Fred Morley

BEE EFF <mcreely@pnc.com.au> wrote in message
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> That might have something to do with us sitting over the top of and in
front of
> equipment generating large electrical and magnetic fields.
>
> And lets not even start about low frequency vibration.
>
> Regards BEE EFF
>
> Tezza wrote:
>
> > "David Bennetts" <davibenn@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
> > JR_g6.933$FU5.30221@ozemail.com.au">news:JR_g6.933$FU5.30221@ozemail.com.au...
> > | Anyone watch David Suzuki's program the other night on SBS, dealing
with
> > | sleep deprivation and its effects.  There were some interesting shots
of
> > the
> > | GO transit cars in Toronto, Canada with slumbering passengers inside.
> > Some
> > | interesting statistics were revealed for shift workers - I presume
these
> > | were for Canada - truckers on average lived only 61 years, and after
> > | retiring the average "teamster" would receive only 14 monthly pension
> > | cheques before departing for that great truckstop in the sky.
Railroad
> > | engineers didn't fare much better, living on average for 64 years.  He
> > | claimed the average male life expectancy was 75 years (though I
understand
> > | it's closer to 76 for Canada)
> > |
> > | Would be interesting to find out comparative statistics for these
> > employment
> > | categories in Australia, if these are available.
> > | The Bureau of Statistics may have them available, but they charge for
more
> > | detailed information.
> >
> > I'd also like to see the stats for cancer. To my mind there seems to be
a
> > high incidence of cancer in both FreightCorp and CityRail Drivers.
>