122A S~Jl: 1.S. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 3 1262 08850 7917 INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION Subject to revision BUREAU OF TRANSPORT ECONOMiCS AND STATISTICS SUMMARY OF ACCIDENTS REPORTED BY STEAM RAILWAYS FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 1944 (INCLUDES RAILWAYS OF CLASSES I, I, AND ilI, AND SWITCHING AND TERMINAL COMPANIES) Statement No. M-400 MAY 1944 Number of Total persons Total Total Employees on duty Passengers Travelers not Other Kind of accidenttrain t trespassers nontrespassers Total Trainmen Other on trains on trains nontrespassers accidents employees Killed Injured Killed Injured Killed Injured Killed Injured Killed Injured Killed Injured Killed Injured Killed Injured Killed Injured TRAIN ACCIDENTS Collisions . 1944 425 4 67 4 67 4 42 4 39 - - 23 - - - 2 1943 389 4 73 4 73 4 37 3 29 1 - 32 - - - 4 Derailments .1944 768 4 54 4 54 4 26 3 23 13 1 14 - - 14 19b3 b37 25 34 25 434 9 16 9 14 - 2 117 - - 7 Locomotive-boiler accidents . 1944 1 - - - - - - -- - 1943 5 2 1 - - 2 1 2 1 2 1 - - - --- -Other locomotive accidents . 1944 96 - - - - - - - - - 1943 85 - - - - - - - - - Miscellaneous . 1944 128 7 15 - 7 15 1 6 - - 1 6 - 6 7 1943 117 31 6 3 8 1 3 - 1 2 2 5 TotaI/ . 1944 1,41a 15 136 - 1 1 6 2 74 62 2 - 9 - 193 1,3 3 1 6 34 5 16 57 1 45 2 1 1 4 3 - #At highway grade crossings, classified above . 1944 22 6 13 6 13 - 2 2 - - - 1 - 6 10 1943 16 6 7- 6 7 - 2 - 2 - - - - - - 6 5 TRAIN-SERVICE ACCIDENTS Coupling or uncoupling cars or locomotives. 1944 5 65 5 65 5 65 5 64 - 1 - - - - 1943 2 59 2 59 2 59 2 59 - 1 - - Coupling or uncoupling air hose.1944 2 2 4 2 42 2 39 - 6 - - -- 1943 2 3 2 34 2 3 2 32 - 2 - - -Operating locomotives . 1944 1 g - - 1 I 89 1 189 1 184 - 5 - - 1943 2 191 - - 2 191 2 191 2 184 - 7 - - Operating hand brakes.1944 1 1 5- 1 15 1 15 1 15 1943 2 143 - - 2 13 2 14 1 14 1 2 - - -- - Operating switches . 1944 - 69 - - - 69 - 69 6 4 - - 1943 - 53 - 53 - 53-4 4 - - ComingIn contact with fixed structures.1944 2 1 - 1 2 o0 2 0 - 1943 4 1 - - 4 3 3 2'31 1 Getting on or off oars or locomotives . 1944 8 606 4 26 s0 4 37 2 419 2 18 - 1207 - 23 1943 16 517 10 27 6 490 5 373 5 362 - 11 - 107 -- 1 10 Accidents at highway grads crossings#.1944 93 222 11 1 82 205 - 2 - 2 - - - - 82 20 1943 111 313 3 08 307 - 3 - 3 - - - - 108 304 Struck or run over, not at public crossings.1944 167 87 10 3 58 8 2 1 3 ±6 14 1 9 19 - - - 4 2 12 1943 119 113 94 52 25 5 7 ~ 4 23 13 a - - 22 Miscellaneous.194 7 932 11 14 25 9 91 o1707 1 5 149 3115 2 1943 808 1 561 40 91 768 14 50 177133 5 10 -I Total . 19 15 2401 1 9 5 10 2,308 61 ,1732 42 1,5?o 26 202 4 235 - 8 108 19_35,2l244l3_12J_172 217 47 1,480 25 1,31 22 169 6 227 2 3 117 407 TOTAL--TRAIN AND TRAIN-SERVICE ACCIDENTS . 194 3 2 77 1,806 49 128194193 193 3 :70 3 21 :3 63 1.537 39 1356 24 11 18. 670 2 3 123 2 d 1944 1943 Locomotive-miles . 153,269,5 47 .692 Motor train-miles .,010,979 ,2,361 Total units. 156,280,572 151,562,053 Casualties per million unite. 1944 2.11 16.23 0.s641 0.595 1.25 15.64 0.493 11.56 0.3141 10.19 0.179 1.357 0.0256 1.75 (W) 0.0512 0.729 2.28 1943 2.43 18.21 1i.o76 .838 1.36 17.37 O416 10.14 .257 8.95 .15 1.19 .1188 4.42 () .0198 .812 2*.79 TOTAL - NONTRAIN (INCLUDING INDUSTRIAL) ACCIDENTS . 19 15 2,22 2 13 1 2 2,211 11 2,060 - 17 11 2,043 251 100 1943 202,117 3 19 17 2,098 11 1925 - 20 11 1,905 - 71 6 102 GRAND TOTAL - ACCIDENTS OF ALL CLASSES. 1944 345 l,761 13 106 -209 655 88 3,866 49 1,609 39 2257 7274 - 5 116 456 1943 389 4,877 1 146 223 4,731 74 3,462 39 1,371 35 2,011 670 2 7R 129 525 Increase - Percent . 11,31 2.39 *17.47 027.40 -6.73 *1.61 18.92 11.67 25.64 16.93 11.43 8.20 77.781 *59.10 - *20.27 1O.08 *13.14 144 1 193, - Man-hours (Class I roads). 328,140,915 305,883,258 d 1944 0259 11.2 Casualties per million man-hours Y/.1943 __22 10.66 Increase - Percent . 7.02154 HIGHWAY GRADE-C2OSSING ACCIDENTS 1944 1943 Number of accidents .00 91 #Total casualties at highway grade crossings.1944 99 23 1 2 17 ,8 218 -,- 1 ,,,, 21 1943 17 320 3 114 3 - 5 14 309 ./ Based on accidents and man-hours of Class I railways, including switching and terminal companies. ( ) Rate not computed because of small number involved. • Decrease. 1 Includes train accidents reported as due to: 1944 Negligence of employees.631 Defects in or failures of e•uipment.407 Defects In or Improper maintenance of way and structures 163