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* Willy Wonka's factory in ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' practically ''runs'' on NoOSHACompliance, and the crazy inventions being tested on the Oompa-Loompas have resulted in such mishaps as one growing so much hair that "we had to use a lawn mower to keep in in check", 20 of them being turned into blueberries, one floating off into space, and (in the sequel) 131 being de-aged out of this plane of existence, though it's implied or stated that most of them were rescued. Note that Mr. Wonka, when similar disasters happen to his visitors, talks about the solutions as if they were standard safety procedures.

* ''[[{{Oddworld}} Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee]]'' has meatpacking and perperation plant Rupturefarms, which is full of mines, huge ceiling to floor un guarded/fenced meatsaws often within metres of working employees (see: Slaves), huge BottomlessPits, and guards ordered to shoot on sight. Oh, and ''grenade dispensers''. Somewhat justified because the owners intend to turn the employees into another kind of meat, so they obviously aren't concerned about their safety.

* Willy Wonka's factory in ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' practically ''runs'' on NOOSHACompliance, and the crazy inventions being tested on the Oompa-Loompas have resulted in such mishaps as one growing so much hair that "we had to use a lawn mower to keep in in check", 20 of them being turned into blueberries, one floating off into space, and (in the sequel) 131 being de-aged out of this plane of existence, though it's implied or stated that most of them were rescued. Note that Mr. Wonka, when similar disasters happen to his visitors, talks about the solutions as if they were standard safety procedures.

* Whitbury-Newton Leisure Centre in ''TheBrittasEmpire'': a few dozen deaths onscreen, and the unnerving boast that "Last year, 600 people visited this Centre and nearly 500 returned home without any loss of life or serious injury" -- all this in a SitCom.

* ''MidsomerMurders'' - A detective show about a quiet area of rural England where the murder rate appears to be about 1 in 4 people. LampshadeHanging about this is, of course, rife.
* Cabot Cove in ''MurderSheWrote'': a quaint, little Maine town... in which at least 50 people were murdered in every which way (poisoned marmalade, anyone?)

* Crinimalists aren't usually in as much danger as cops, but the Las Vegas Crime Lab on ''{{Series/CSI}}'' is an exception. Either at the lab or in the field,characters have been shot,bitten,beat up,caught in an explosion...the spinoffs don't apply,though,as they are detectives rather than civilians.

* The USG Ishimura of VideoGame/DeadSpace is a huge hazard to life and limb even before the space zombies start tearing up the place. It has a large area devoted to regrowing missing body parts, has lift door than can cut a person in half and huge health and safety problems.

* ''Videogame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' Freddy Fazbear's Family Pizza. In the day, it's nominally safe; by midnight, however, the animatronics start moving around, and when they find the night watch, they'll forcefully stuff him in a Freddy suit which is full of metal beams and wires, and the man inside would end up as mincemeat. The only thing protecting him are two mechanical doors which drain the limited power he has, and when it runs out, they both open up for Freddy to finish him off in the dark. It seems miraculous that the place has remained open since 1987.

* [[DesperateHousewives Wisteria Lane]]. Murder, theft, arson, backstabbing... just another day in the neighborhood.

* ''Videogame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' Freddy Fazbear's Family Pizza. In the day its nominally safe, by mid night however the animatronics start moving around, and when they find the night watch, they'll forcefully stuff him in a Freddy suit which is full of metal beams and wires, and the man inside would end up as mincemeat. The only thing protecting him are two mechanical doors which drain the limited power he has, and when it runs out they both open up for Freddy to finish him off in the dark. Its seems miraculous that the place has remained open since 1987.

* Aperture Science from ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}''. Even before the whole "murderous AI kills entire staff and their daughters" thing, safety clearly wasn't high on the priorities list. For example, they made entire buildings out of asbestos.

* {{Smallville}} High had so many students mutate and die it's amazing anyone was left for their graduation (naturally graduation day had its own fatality).
* Global Dynamics in ''{{Eureka}}'' - and by extension, the entire eponymous town. According to one character, Eureka, which is a high-income, zero-unemployment, low-density suburban town, has a mortality rate twice the national average. Characters frequently take the senseless, totally random deaths of innocents, sometimes in terrible ways, in stride, apparently out of sheer desensitization.

* In ''KevinAndKell'', predators at Herd Thinners often fight for supremacy. It's rare for a CEO to retire the peaceful way.

->"Makes the Christmas Purge of '68 look like fun old times. Nearly half of mid-management was sacked. And, Lindsey? They used ''actual'' sacks."
-->-- '''Lilah Morgan''', ''{{Series/Angel}}''

* ''Videogame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' Freddy Fazbear's Family Pizza. In the day its nominally safe, by mid night however the animatronics start moving around, and when they find the night watch, they'll forcefully stuff him in a Freddy suit which is full of metal beams and wires, and the man inside would end up as mincemeat. Its seems miraculous that the place has remained open since 1987.

* ''Series/{{Warehouse 13}}'': if you aren't careful, you can be bludgeoned to death by multiplying dodgeballs.

[[AC: RealLife]]
* Pick a factory, any factory, before labor unions threatening (and going through with) everything from sit-ins to full-blown armed rebellion forced the management to improve safety standards. The role of the unions in setting safety standards has largely been taken over by federal-level government agencies like the OSHA these days, and opinion is divided on whether or not they do a better job of it.
** [[SteelMill Steel mills.]] There are around 1000 ways to get killed in one, and none of them are pretty.
*** Lampshaded in the movie ''Film/{{Super 8}}''. The steel mill shown only at the beginning has a prominent banner of the ilk of 'X days since the last workplace accident' ... before a worker resets the already not-stellar number for the time to 1. This sets the tone of the movie to come as one where AnyoneCanDie.
* Ports and any other place featuring the near-constant movement of vehicles and other objects weighing several tons, often high over your head.

[[AC: Literature]]
* Willy Wonka's factory in ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' practically ''runs'' on NOOSHACompliance, and the crazy inventions being tested on the Oompa-Loompas have resulted in such mishaps as one growing so much hair that "we had to use a lawn mower to keep in in check", 20 of them being turned into blueberries, one floating off into space, and (in the sequel) 131 being de-aged out of this plane of existence, though it's implied or stated that most of them were rescued. Note that Mr. Wonka, when similar disasters happen to his visitors, talks about the solutions as if they were standard safety procedures.

* ''{{Casualty 1906}}'' makes London seem very dangerous, but this is due to the compression of a year of major medical incidents into a mini-series.

* Sunnydale High in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', though admittedly this is no longer a problem as of the finale. [[spoiler: Because it was swallowed up by Hell along with the rest of the town.]]

* Crinimalists aren't usually in as much danger as cops, but the Las Vegas Crime Lab on ''{{Series/CSI}}''is an exception. Either at the lab or in the field,characters have been shot,bitten,beat up,caught in an explosion...the spinoffs don't apply,though,as they are detectives rather than civilians.

* Crinimalists aren't usually in as much danger as cops, but the Las Vegas Crime Lab is an exception. Either at the lab or in the field,characters have been shot,bitten,beat up,caught in an explosion...the spinoffs don't apply,though,as they are detectives rather than civilians.

* Sun Hill police station in ''TheBill'': At least 10 Police Officers have died inside this station, in its front car park or as a result of injuries sustained in either. Not to mention the prisoners who die in their cells.

* {{Casualty 1906}} makes London seem very dangerous, but this is due to the compression of a year of major medical incidents into a mini-series.
* British SoapOpera ''Dream Team'' had a staggering death toll for a show set at football club. The eight season was a particularly amazing year seeing 7 characters killed off in a crash when the season villain rammed his car into the coach carrying the team (he had earlier murdered another main character and the same season saw an unrelated suicide).

* Pretty much everywhere in ComicBooks, but the ones that really stand out are airplanes and construction sites. If there is something hanging suspended from a crane, it ''is'' going to try and fall on someone.

** Also, any given supervillain holding facility is one of these, seeing as how they are one and all {{Cardboard Prison}}s. In particular one ought not to work at [[{{Batman}} Arkham Asylum]] without having your insurance paid up and your affairs in order.