Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

Improved workstation table, occupant protection experiment, March 23, 2006

The video depicts the workstation table experiment with a THOR Anthropomorphic Test Device (ATD). The experiment was located in the impacting cab car of the CEM full-scale train-to-train test. The table crushed about 5 inches due to the inertial load from the ATD. The injury criteria for the head, neck, chest, abdomen, and femurs were all within the accepted threshold values.