Table 2-40: Fatalities and Injuries of On-Duty Railroad Employees,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,1990 ,1991 ,1992 ,1993 ,1994 ,1995 ,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000 ,, Employee fatalities,,,,,,,,,,,,, " Accidents/incidents, total",40,35,34,47,31,34,33,37,27,31,24,, Grade-crossing accidents and incidents,5,1,2,3,1,2,1,0,4,2,2,, Train accidents and incidents only (grade-crossing excluded)R,35,34,32,44,30,32,32,37,23,29,22,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, Employees injured,,,,,,,,,,,,, " Accidents/incidents, total","20,970","19,626","17,755","15,363","13,080","10,777","9,199","8,295","8,398","8,622","8,423",, Grade-crossing accidents and incidents,169,147,157,143,126,123,79,111,122,140,100,, Train accidents and incidents only (grade-crossing excluded)R,"20,801","19,479","17,598","15,220","12,954","10,654","9,120","8,184","8,276","8,482","8,323",, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, Employee hours (millions),553.6,530.7,517.0,519.7,518.6,510.3,504.6,503.9,514.9,510.0,490.9,, Fatality rates per million employee hours,,,,,,,,,,,,, All accidents/incidents,0.07,0.07,0.07,0.09,0.06,0.07,0.07,0.07,0.05,0.06,0.05,, Grade-crossing accidents and incidents,0.01,<0.01,<0.01,0.01,<0.01,<0.01,<0.01,<0.01,0.01,<0.01,<0.01,, Train accidents and incidents only (grade-crossing excluded)R,0.06,0.06,0.06,0.08,0.06,0.06,0.06,0.07,0.04,0.06,0.04,, Injury rates per million employee hours,,,,,,,,,,,,, All accidents/incidents,37.9,37.0,34.3,29.6,25.2,21.1,18.2,16.5,16.3,16.9,17.2,, Grade-crossing accidents and incidents,0.3,0.3,0.3,0.3,0.2,0.2,0.2,0.2,0.2,0.3,0.2,, Train accidents and incidents only (grade-crossing excluded)R,37.6,36.7,34.0,29.3,25.0,20.9,18.1,16.2,16.1,16.6,17.0,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, "Train-miles (millions)a,b",609,577,594,614,655,670,671,677,683,712,723,, Fatality rates per million train-miles,,,,,,,,,,,,, All accidents/incidents,0.07,0.06,0.06,0.08,0.05,0.05,0.05,0.05,0.04,0.04,0.03,, Grade-crossing accidents and incidents,0.01,<0.01,<0.01,<0.01,<0.01,<0.01,<0.01,<0.01,0.01,<0.01,<0.01,, Train accidents and incidents only (grade-crossing excluded)R,0.06,0.06,0.05,0.07,0.05,0.05,0.05,0.05,0.03,0.04,0.03,, Injury rates per million train-miles,,,,,,,,,,,,, All accidents/incidents,34.4,34.0,29.9,25.0,20.0,16.1,13.7,12.3,12.3,12.1,11.7,, Grade-crossing accidents and incidents,0.3,0.3,0.3,0.2,0.2,0.2,0.1,0.2,0.2,0.2,0.1,, Train accidents and incidents only (grade-crossing excluded)R,34.2,33.8,29.6,24.8,19.8,15.9,13.6,12.1,12.1,11.9,11.5,, KEY: R = revised.,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,, "a Train-miles in this table differ from train-miles in the vehicle-miles table in Chapter 1. Train-miles reported in Chapter 1 include only Class I rail (see glossary for definition), while this table includes Class I rail, Group II rail, and other rail. In 1999, Group II rail accounted for 75 million train-miles, and other rail for 25 million train-miles. Moreover, the vehicle-miles table in Chapter 1 includes only train-miles between terminals and/or stations, thus excluding yard and switching miles. In 1999, Class I yard/switching train miles totaled 70 million train-miles. Note that commuter rail safety data are reported in the rail mode and in the transit mode. Commuter rail train-miles are included in Class I rail and Group II rail in this table. ",,,,,,,,,,, "b A train-mile is the movement of a train (which can consist of many cars) the distance of 1 mile. A train-mile differs from a vehicle-mile, which is the movement of 1 car (vehicle) the distance of 1 mile. A 10-car (vehicle) train traveling 1 mile would be measured as 1 train-mile and 10 vehicle-miles. Caution should be used when comparing train-miles to vehicle miles. ",,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,, NOTE: This table includes information for both freight and passenger railroad operations.,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,, SOURCES: ,,,,,,,,,,, "1990-96: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Highway-Rail Crossing Accident/Incident and Inventory Bulletin (Washington, DC: Annual issues).",,,,,,,,,,, "1997-2000: Ibid., Railroad Safety Statistics Annual Report (Washington, DC: Annual issues), tables 1-3, 2-4, and 3-1.",,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,