diff --git a/rq/job.py b/rq/job.py
index 6c084ac0..e94f5128 100644
--- a/rq/job.py
+++ b/rq/job.py
@@ -160,6 +160,15 @@ class Job(object):
         job.refresh()
         return job
 
+    @classmethod
+    def safe_fetch(cls, id, connection=None):
+        """Fetches a persisted job from its corresponding Redis key, but does
+        not instantiate it, making it impossible to get UnpickleErrors.
+        """
+        job = cls(id, connection=connection)
+        job.refresh(safe=True)
+        return job
+
     def __init__(self, id=None, connection=None):
         self.connection = resolve_connection(connection)
         self._id = id
@@ -240,7 +249,7 @@ class Job(object):
 
 
     # Persistence
-    def refresh(self):  # noqa
+    def refresh(self, safe=False):  # noqa
         """Overwrite the current instance's properties with the values in the
         corresponding Redis key.
 
@@ -257,7 +266,12 @@ class Job(object):
             else:
                 return times.to_universal(date_str)
 
-        self._func_name, self._instance, self._args, self._kwargs = unpickle(obj.get('data'))  # noqa
+        self.data = obj.get('data')
+        try:
+            self._func_name, self._instance, self._args, self._kwargs = unpickle(self.data)
+        except UnpickleError:
+            if not safe:
+                raise
         self.created_at = to_date(obj.get('created_at'))
         self.origin = obj.get('origin')
         self.description = obj.get('description')
diff --git a/rq/queue.py b/rq/queue.py
index f130e5be..b962b097 100644
--- a/rq/queue.py
+++ b/rq/queue.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class Queue(object):
         """Returns a list of all (valid) jobs in the queue."""
         def safe_fetch(job_id):
             try:
-                job = Job.fetch(job_id, connection=self.connection)
+                job = Job.safe_fetch(job_id, connection=self.connection)
             except NoSuchJobError:
                 return None
             except UnpickleError:
diff --git a/rq/worker.py b/rq/worker.py
index ee3c3177..99a37469 100644
--- a/rq/worker.py
+++ b/rq/worker.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ except ImportError:
     from logging import Logger
 from .queue import Queue, get_failed_queue
 from .connections import get_current_connection
-from .job import Status
+from .job import Job, Status
 from .utils import make_colorizer
 from .exceptions import NoQueueError, UnpickleError
 from .timeouts import death_penalty_after
@@ -309,13 +309,8 @@ class Worker(object):
                 except StopRequested:
                     break
                 except UnpickleError as e:
-                    msg = '*** Ignoring unpickleable data on %s.' % \
-                            green(e.queue.name)
-                    self.log.warning(msg)
-                    self.log.debug('Data follows:')
-                    self.log.debug(e.raw_data)
-                    self.log.debug('End of unreadable data.')
-                    self.failed_queue.push_job_id(e.job_id)
+                    job = Job.safe_fetch(e.job_id)
+                    self.handle_exception(job, *sys.exc_info())
                     continue
 
                 self.state = 'busy'