The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-10-19
CASUALTY OF PERSONS
ON RAILWAY TRAINS

In their annual report to the Inter-h
state Commerce Commission, carriers
include returns for all casualties to
passengers, employees, trespassers, and
other persons. The following figures
therefore are not comparable with de-
tails in the Commissions Accident
Bulletins, based on monthly reports,
| that: chiefly relate to casualties to
i:passengers~ and to- employees while on
or about trains: -: =',:>s
The total number Of casualties to
persons on the railways for the year
ending June 80, 1905, was 1oS,s24, Of
| Of persons killed and 97,7o6 the num-
| Der injured. Casualties occurred
! among three general classes of railway
! employees as follows: ~Trainmen, 2,310
killed and 34,989 injured; switch ten
! ders, crossing tenders, and watchmen,
147 killed, 1925 injured; other en-
| ployes 1,472 killed, 40,686 injured. The
casualties to employees coupling and
| uncoupling cars were: Employees kill
| 3D., 1889; injured, 1884. The casuali-
ties connected with coupling and I'M
coupling cars are assigned as follows:
Trainmen killed, 1885,. injured, $500;
| switch tenders, crossing tenders, and
watcnmen killed, IS; injured 40; other
employees killed, IL; injured, 124.
The casualties due to falling from
| trains, locomotives, or cars in motion
| were: Trainnen KILLED, 454; injured,
5,215;, switch tenders, crossing tenders,
| and watch men killed, z; injured, 159;
~kI lii TIT,
| The casualties due to jumping on or
off trains, locomotives, or cars in mo-
ton were: Trainmen killed, 1870; in
! jured, 4,809; switch tenders, crossing
! tenders, and watchmen killed Z; in
| jured, 119: other employees killed, 76;
| injured, 685. The casualties to the
same three classes of employees in con-
sequence Of collisions and derailments
were: Trainmen killed, 693; injured,
5,425: switch tenders, crossing tenders
and watchmen killed, 8; injured; 50;
other employees killed, 81: injured, 1888.
| The number Of passengers killed in
the course OF the year 1906 was $50
and the number injured 1874. In
the previous year SGT passengers were
killed and 10,457 injured. There were
LAG passengers killed and 6,053 injure>
because of collisions and derailments.
The total. number of persons other
than employees and passengers killed
was $3.50; injured, 1924. These fig
ures include the casualties to persons
trespassing, of whom 1881 were killed
and 5,927 were injured, The total
number of casualties to persons other
than employees from being struck by
trains, locomotives, or cars was 5,127
killed and 1905 injured. The casuali-
ties Of this class were: At highway
crossings, passengers killed, 3; in
jured, 8: other persons killed, 926;
injured, 1884; at stations, passengers
killed, 4s; injured, 90; other persons
killed, Sc; injured, CAT; at other points
along: track, passengers killed, 3; in
jured, 16; other persons killed, 1851;
injured, 1884. The ratios of casuali-
ties indicate that 1 employe in every
3S7 was killed and 1 employe in every
20 was injured. With regard to train
men-that is, enginemen,. firemen, con-
| ductors, and other trainmen-it ap-
pears that trainman was killed for
every. 124 employed and / was in
jured for every 8 employed. ~ a
In 1906, 1 passenger was killed Tor
every 2.227,041 carried, and / injured
for every 74,276 carried. For 1905 the
| figures show that 1,375,856 passengers
were carried for i killed, and 7O,655
passengers were carried for injured:
For 1905, y passenger was killed for
every 2,ss4,s32s carried, and injured
for sI8. e6l carried. With respect to