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Table
2-40: Fatalities and Injuries of
On-Duty Railroad Employees
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| Employee
fatalities, total |
40 |
34 |
33 |
37 |
27 |
31 |
24 |
22 |
20 |
19 |
| Grade-crossing
accidents and incidents |
5 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Train accidents and incidents only (grade-crossing
excluded) |
35 |
32 |
32 |
37 |
23 |
29 |
22 |
21 |
19 |
18 |
| Employee
injuries, total |
20,970 |
10,777 |
9,199 |
8,295 |
8,398 |
8,622 |
8,423 |
7,815 |
(R) 6,644 |
6,073 |
| Grade-crossing
accidents and incidents |
169 |
123 |
79 |
111 |
122 |
140 |
100 |
97 |
110 |
76 |
| Train accidents and incidents only (grade-crossing
excluded) |
20,801 |
10,654 |
9,120 |
8,184 |
8,276 |
8,482 |
8,323 |
7,718 |
(R) 6,534 |
5,997 |
| Employee
hours (millions) |
553.6 |
510.3 |
504.6 |
503.9 |
514.9 |
510.0 |
490.9 |
475.1 |
(R) 454.1 |
450 |
| Fatality
rates per million employee hours |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| All
accidents / incidents |
0.07 |
0.07 |
0.07 |
0.07 |
0.05 |
0.06 |
0.05 |
0.05 |
0.04 |
0.04 |
| 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 |
| Train accidents and incidents only (grade-crossing
excluded) |
0.06 |
0.06 |
0.06 |
0.07 |
0.04 |
0.06 |
0.04 |
0.04 |
0.04 |
0.04 |
| Injury
rates per million employee hours |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| All
accidents / incidents |
37.9 |
21.1 |
18.2 |
16.5 |
16.3 |
16.9 |
17.2 |
16.4 |
(R) 14.6 |
13.6 |
| Grade-crossing
accidents and incidents |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
| Train accidents and incidents only (grade-crossing
excluded) |
37.6 |
20.9 |
18.1 |
16.2 |
16.1 |
16.6 |
17.0 |
16.2 |
(R) 14.4 |
13.4 |
| Train-miles
(millions)a,b |
609 |
670 |
671 |
677 |
683 |
712 |
723 |
712 |
729 |
744 |
| Fatality
rates per million train-miles |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| All
accidents / incidents |
0.07 |
0.05 |
0.05 |
0.05 |
0.04 |
0.04 |
0.03 |
0.03 |
0.03 |
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 |
| Train accidents and incidents only (grade-crossing
excluded) |
0.06 |
0.05 |
0.05 |
0.05 |
0.03 |
0.04 |
0.03 |
0.03 |
0.03 |
0.02 |
| Injury
rates per million train-miles |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| All
accidents/incidents |
34.4 |
16.1 |
13.7 |
12.3 |
12.3 |
12.1 |
11.7 |
11.0 |
9.1 |
8.2 |
| Grade-crossing
accidents and incidents |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
| Train accidents and incidents only (grade-crossing
excluded) |
34.2 |
15.9 |
13.6 |
12.1 |
12.1 |
11.9 |
11.5 |
10.8 |
9.0 |
8.1 |
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 2003, Group II rail accounted for 82 million train-miles, and other
rail for 31 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 2003, Class I
yard/switching train miles totaled 62 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
1990-95: U.S. Department
of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Highway-Rail
Crossing Accident/Incident and Inventory Bulletin (Washington, DC: annual issues).
1996-99: Ibid., Railroad
Safety Statistics Annual Report (Washington,
DC: annual issues), tables 1-3, 2-4, and 3-1.
2000-04:
Ibid., Internet site
http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/Query/Default.asp as of Mar. 4,
2005.
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