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THE WORLD'S SCARIEST JOB?

Workers use massive SLEDGEHAMMERS to prove the strength of their glass-bottomed bridge… but still wear safety belts just in case

30 people took it in turns to pummel a piece of glass while standing 1,000ft above a valley - an even drove a CAR over it

THOSE with a fear of heights - or death for that matter - need not apply.

For this might just be the scariest job in the world.

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Nerves of steel: Visitors hit a glass-bottomed bridge with sledgehammers as part of 'safety test' in Zhangjiajie city in China's Hunan ProvinceCredit: Rex Features
Here come the girls! A Chinese woman now has a turn at wielding the 5.5kg hammer
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Here come the girls! A Chinese woman has a turn at wielding the 5.5kg hammerCredit: Rex Features
Head for heights: A participant swings a sledgehammer against the floor of glass-bottomed suspension bridge in Zhangjiajie in southern China's Hunan province
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Head for heights: A participant swings a sledgehammer against the floor of glass-bottomed suspension bridge in Zhangjiajie in southern China's Hunan provinceCredit: AP:Associated Press
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Chinese visitors look at the cracked glass smashed by them during a safety test on the world's longest and highest glass-bottomed bridgeCredit: Rex Features
Visitors hit glass bridge with sledgehammers as part of 'safety test', Zhangjiajie city, Hunan province
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Don't look down! A bird's-eye view of the bridge shows the abyss down belowCredit: Rex Features

Standing 1,000ft above a valley, these intrepid workers were asked to test the strength of their GLASS-bottomed bridge by smashing it with a sledgehammer as they stood on top of it.

Then, for good measure, they drove a car over the cracked surface to really drive home the point.

Around 30 tourists were invited to join construction workers on what is claimed to be the world's longest and highest bridge for the safety test over the Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon in China.

A view of a 430-meter-long glass-bottom bridge before a safety test ceremony, in Zhangjiajie
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Bridge of highs: A view of a 430-metre-long glass-bottom bridge before a safety test ceremony in ZhangjiajieCredit: Reuters
A glass-bottomed suspension bridge in Zhangjiajie in China
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Around 30 tourists were invited to join construction workers on what is claimed to be the world's longest and highest bridgeCredit: AP:Associated Press

One by one, they pounded the glass with the huge 5.5kg hammer causing it to unnervingly shatter.

Officials insisted it was only superficial and was in no danger of collapsing.

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But just to be safe, the volunteers were given harnesses just in case.

Chen Zhidong, an official at the park, said: "Even if the glass cracks, it will not break into pieces. Pedestrians can still walk on it."

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Workers prepare to drive a Volvo SUV over the cracked glass to really hammer home how safe it isCredit: Rex Features
A car filled with passengers drives across a glass-bottomed suspension bridge in Zhangjiajie in southern China's Hunan province
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A car filled with passengers drives across a glass-bottomed suspension bridge in Zhangjiajie in southern China's Hunan provinceCredit: Rex Features
Officials insisted it was only superficial and was in no danger of collapsing
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Officials insisted it was only superficial and was in no danger of collapsingCredit: Rex Features

And just to hammer home their message, officials drove a Volvo SUV over the glass and still lived to tell the tale.

The bridge, which is 430 metres long, six metres wide and 300 metres high, can hold 800 people walking on it at one time.

Try it if you dare.

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