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Worst Pre-Fame Jobs: No. 8

Posted May 12th 2008 8:00AM by Brian Mansfield
Filed under: Countdown

Trace Adkins: Oil Worker

A colleague of Adkins told him he wouldn't work five years in the oil fields without getting hurt badly enough to miss work. Sure enough, during his time as a roughneck, Adkins had his forehead busted open by a snapped cable and a leg injured by an exploding fiberglass tank. He also got marooned on an offshore rig during a hurricane.
Trace Adkins: Oil Worker A colleague of Adkins told him he wouldn't work five years in the oil fields without getting hurt badly enough to miss work. Sure enough, during his time as a roughneck, Adkins had his forehead busted open by a snapped cable and a leg injured by an exploding fiberglass tank. He also got marooned on an offshore rig during a hurricane. Next ... Worst Pre-Fame Jobs: No. 8

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