If you’re an adult, there’s a strong possibility you have to work, whether you like it or not. Some people love their jobs, some hate them. Either way, I think it’s safe to say that most people would like to end their day or night shifts alive and unharmed. And most times, that is the case. But data shows “a worker died every 96 minutes from a work-related injury in 2022” and that’s just in the United States.

People have been sharing their scary work situations on the internet. Keep scrolling for a list of the most terrifying times people saw their life flash before their eyes while trying to put food on the table. And don’t miss the exclusive interview Bored Panda had with a high level security expert, who puts his life on the line every day.

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#1 Extreme Waves In The North Sea

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#2 My Friend Took This Photo From The Fishing Boat She Works On In Antarctica

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#3 This Fisherman With A Deep Sea Wolf Eel

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#4 These Are Pictures From My Job On A 2000-Feet-Tall Radio Tower, Working For Maintenance, The Views Are Incredible

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#5 Sydney Ferry Worker

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#6 Another Day At Work, Pretending I’m An Astronaut

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#7 Plumbing Is Not An Easy Job, Especially With Incredibly Bizarre Objects You Might Find As The Cause Of A Clogged Sink

If you’re lucky, you’ll forget the nauseating images in a few days, but it’s bound to stay with you for some time when you come across things like this.

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#8 I Work Graveyard At The Mall Alone. This Was In The Middle Of The Floor At 4 AM This Morning

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#9 Appears That I Had A Visitor While Working Alone In A Large Abandoned Basement

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#10 My Friend Works On A Fishing Boat And Sent Me This Abomination

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#11 Found This On A Door Leading To A Tunnel Beneath The University That I Work At. I Didn’t Go Any Further

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#12 Got Stuck In This Hole In An Elevator Shaft At Work Today, Thanks To My Tools And Climbing Gear

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#13 A Terrifying Space Photograph. Astronaut Bruce McCandless II Floats Untethered Away From The Safety Of The Space Shuttle, With Nothing But His Manned Maneuvering Unit Keeping Him Alive

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#14 This Hallway At My Job

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#15 My Father Was Almost Pulled Into A Lathe While Working. Only Stopped By His Clothing Being Tangled

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#16 Sign On A Machine At Work

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#17 This Scary Job

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#18 If You Opened Up An Attic During An Inspection And Found This Staring At You Would You Keep Going? Needless To Say My Heart Is Strong, I Need New Pants, But Another Attic Inspection Done

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#19 My Cousin’s Sister-In-Law Works On A Tugboat That Tows Oil Platforms Across The Ocean. In All Weather Conditions

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#20 The Cullet (Waste) Dumpster At Work. It Always Looks Beautiful, But I Have A Fear Of Jumping Or Falling Into It

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#21 This Is A Door I Found At Work, In The Basement Of An Old Factory

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#22 I’m A Structural Engineer. I Just Climb Up And Measure The Mounts To Make Sure They Are Safe To Add More Equipment To Them

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#23 This Is On The Backdoor Of The Taco Bell I Work At

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#24 My Friend Is A Bus Driver In Portland, And Sent Me This

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#25 Arthur Witman Documented The Construction Of The St. Louis Arch From 1963 To 1967

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#26 I’m The Only Person Who Works The Night Shift At My Job. I Walked Into The Restroom And Saw This

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#27 My Friend Was Here, Working With The Crane Contractor At Boise Airport, And An Accident Happened. Three Guys Were Crushed, And Nine Were Hurt Badly

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#28 We Initially Thought There Was Only 1 Snake, I Get 2 Minutes Away After Leaving, We Received Another Call That There’s Another Carpet Python In A Different Section Of The Chicken Coop

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#29 Part Of My Job Involves Photographing Tanker Ships From Helicopters

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#30 The Toilets At My Work

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#31 These Rusted Doors In The Tunnels At The University Where I Work. What Horrors Do They Keep Sealed Away?

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#32 I Turned Up For My First Shift Doing Security At A Large Hotel Last Night. The Place Was Empty And Someone’s Put These Everywhere

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#33 My Place Of Work, Which Is Mostly Above Ground, Has Service Tunnels That Cover The Whole Complex. I Swear I Can Hear Something Moving In There. Probably Just Birds Or Rodents

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#34 The Laundry Room In The Hospital I Work At. I Hate Going To The Basement After The Workers Leave For The Day

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#35 The Walk-In Oven At The Bakery I Work At

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#36 Sign At My Work On A Laboratory Handpiece Motor

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#37 Working In An Underground Shaft

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#38 This Is How We Clean The Metal Structure On The Outside Of Glass Balustrade. One Of Our Jobs

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#39 This Old Apartment Building I’m Working In

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#40 Oh What’s That Little Blotch On Fountain Place? No Big Deal, Just Some Window Washers Performing The Scariest Job In The World

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#41 Working As A Snake Catcher

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#42 There’s A Real Metal Casket In The Basement Of The Fire Station I Work At

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#43 This Job

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#44 One Of My Jobs Each Morning Is To Replace 12 Flypaper 18×12-Inch Sheets

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#45 I Pump Concrete For Work, And This Is My Hand After Work. Cement Dust Dries Your Skin Really Badly, So My Hands Are Always Cracked And Dry

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#46 A Hallway In The Chemical Plant I Work At

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