The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-17

REPORT BY TELEGRAPH.
! (a) All accidents resulting in loss OF
life Cr limb or serious injury to pass
cngers or employees.
tbJ AN deraiiments OF passenger
trains. or locomotives, OF cars ia pass.
engor trains.
(c) Nll collisions involving freight
or passenger trains. whether resulting
in loss Of life or not
n (d) All explosions of boilers. and
also all accidents to locomotive boil.
crs resulting in death or serious in.
jury to any person.
,(el All bridge failures.
The telegraph report shall show the
date, time and place and kind OF acci.
ldent; the train or trains involved: the
humber OF passengers killed or injured
If any.
In Class ''De the notice must show
the number of locomotive and place
where The boiler can be examined
! The provision in reference to de
railments does not apply to minor dc.
railmcnts.
REPORT BY MAIL.
i (2) Every accident, whether GOV.
cred in a preliminary notice by tele-
graph on not, shall be reported TO the
COMMISSION upon form presciib bed by
the Commission, Immediately after
ltLe circumstances attending the acci.
dent shall have been ascertalncd.
Co An accident occurring on rail.
road or 4 division used Jointly or IN
common by two or more companies,
hall be reported by the company whose
superintendent has mediate charge of
the road or division in question.
| tD A collision (as at crossings)
o. the trains of two d'ua ent cumpan-
les shall be reported by both compan-
les. The report oil such collision shalt
be plainly endorsed at the top Gross
ing" or Junction"
(5) An accident on a private sid
ing or private track shall be reported
by the railroad company to which the
engine at work on the siding belongs.
Co Accidents to persons resulting
id immediate death, or death within
foriy-eight hours from the time of the
accident, shall Do reported on tho
blank form in the column headcd
Killed" All other accidents to per.
sons including those resulting in
death of the person injured after an
interval of more than forty-clght
hours from the time of the accident,
shall De reported in the column "ln-
iured" in daily reports, and upon the
death of al injured person, after forty
eight hours, q supplemental report
shall De made, stating the time and
place of the death, and the nature OF
the injury from which such person
| Idisd
Accidents 10 employees in repair
| shops. construction shops, or other
places, remote from the railroads, and
not connected With the transportation
department. shall not be reported.
go Reports win be numbered con
seeutively, beginning with each calen
oer year.
(0 The tern. Freight Train" is to
include all trains and engines or parts
of trains of any kind which are not In
cluded under Passenger"
1O) Give in the space provided, the
time that the accident occurred. II
within an hour of sunrise or sunset,
say whether daylight or dark.
GD Persons killed or injured
should be classified so as TO snow
whether or not they are passengers
cr employees, and if employees, kind and
character of work engaged in
| MATURE AND CAUSE OF ACCIDENT
Q2) Give the kind and number OF
each train or electric car direction OF
it's movement least, west, north or
SOUTH, brief description of damage to
cars, engines or other property.
| 13) Give a statement OF cause or
causes as reported by division superin-
tcndent or other officer IN immediate
charge. If the accident was caused
or Is believed TO have been caused By
an employee, state the experience OF
the employee, and give the number OF
hours he has been on duty, and the
number OF hours rest for forty-elght
hours preceding accident
(1I Quote the rule or rules bear
ling on ths operation involved.
(15) In case of failure Of air brakes
give initial and number OF car, name
and style of apparatus and in case a
car in train is without air brakes,
J. entioa he fact.
(1G) Where accident IS due 10
coupling or uncoupling OF cars, give
the facts and circumstances. and In
case Of defective couplers, give initial
ard number Of car name and style OF
coupler.
an Where accident Is due 20 com
ihE III tbiilaCt WIN ohti-Htdu OF ihlluf-
itons distractions at side OF track, give
height ofcar, lateral distance from cen
ter of track, presence or absence Of
v aiming guards presence Of fog, snow
or ice.
(1S) Where accident occurs at a
lcrossing, state whether crossing Is pro
tccted iRd how II protected by gates
or alarm bell. state It In good working
condition, il by fagman, state what
warning was given.
G9) All railroad companies shall
send to tie Commission copy Of their
final recOid as to the cause OF any ac-
cident, Nher the same shall have been
ascertalned and such record made a
Jart OF lAe permanent rscorda OF the
u m7any.
CORPORATION COMMISSION.
J. Z. LOVE Chairman
A. z. WATSON, Commissioner.
J.J. McALEsTER. Commissioner
Attest:
wv L. CHAPMAN, Secretary.
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