2002 railroad employee fatalities : an analytical study

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• Alternative Title:
  Railroad employee fatalities investigated by the FRA
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Safety Analysis
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Railroad safety
  • Railroad crashes
  • Employees
  • Operators (Persons)
  • Fatalities
  • Casualties
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration
• Abstract:
  “2002 Railroad Employee Fatalities: An Analytical Study,” which is designed to promote and ; enhance awareness of many unsafe behaviors and conditions that typically contribute to ; railroad employee fatalities. By furthering our understanding of the causes of railroad ; employee fatalities, this report is intended to assist railroad industry stakeholders in their ; efforts to prevent similar tragedies. This document contains the following materials: Narrative reports which provide in-depth coverage of 2002's 19 railroad employee fatalities, helping readers to visualize the accident scene and chain of events leading up to the fatalities, and the post-accident investigation process; Summaries, preceding each narrative report, which highlight important elements of each individual fatality, particularly the possible contributing factors (PCFs); Overall findings for the 2002 fatalities which identify who the majority of fatally injured employees were (i.e. craft, job position, age group, and years of service); what most were doing at the time of the incidents; when most were fatally injured (i.e. time of year and time of day); where most incidents occurred (i.e. type of railroad); and most importantly, why most fatalities occurred in terms of PCFs; and Bar and pie charts which illustrate the above findings.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/5793/dot_5793_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.19 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Railroad Administration ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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