Re: Train Drivers Life Expectancy

[BEE EFF <mcreely@pnc.com.au>]

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.