Flashback:Most Dangerous Job in America is Being a Chicago Patronage Worker

With Chicago corruption in the news,here's a flashback from October 19, 2006 article from The Chicago Sun-Times:

The most dangerous job in America?

Underground coal miner? Foundry worker?

How about patronage worker at Chicago's City Hall.

City workers with political clout claim to be injured at a rate that far exceeds any occupation tracked by the U.S. Department of Labor, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis by the Chicago Sun-Times that raises questions about whether all those city workers really were injured, and whether the city adequately investigates workplace accidents.

City workers with political clout claim to be injured at a rate that far exceeds any occupation tracked by the U.S. Department of Labor

Rod Blagojevich's Chicago.