The job replaced last year's loser, roustabout, also known as an oil rig worker.

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Oil rig worker, which was the worst job of 2011, is now in the No. 5 spot.

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Journalist came in fifth on the worst jobs list, just after oil rig worker and above waiter.

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He worked as an oil rig worker off the Scottish coast but rented a room at the house in Churchfields.

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The wife of a laid-off oil-rig worker, who's used to him being away for weeks at a time, can't get a reprieve.

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According to this report, a worker on the rig was cutting a pipe that he may not have realized had oil in it, when the oil ignited.

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