ACCIDENT/INCIDENT U.S. Department Of Transportation Federal Railroad Bulletin Administration No. 164 August 1996 CALENDAR YEAR 1995 NOTICE This document is prepared from reports submitted by the railroads to the Federal Railroad Administration in accordance with the Regulation 49 C.F.R. 225. This data have been edited and summarized by FRA personnel. The United States Government assumes no liability for its contents or its use. This document only reflects data information. All information is display in Summaries or tables. No graphics are depicted in this document. This document does not contain the FRA Safety Forms. Please go to FRA Safety Forms on our Website to download or view. Federal Railroad Administration Office of Safety, RRS-22 400 Seventh Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20590 TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION PAGE INTRODUCTION ............................................................1 HISTORICAL ACCIDENT TRENDS - DATA .....................................2 TABLE 1. Railroad Operational Profile .................................3 TABLE 2. Revenue Ton-Miles ........................................3 TABLE 3. Train Accident Causes ......................................3 TABLE 4. Train Accident and Reportable Damages by Train Miles ...........................................3 TABLE 5. Train Accidents and Reportable Damage by Type .................................................4 TABLE 6. Train Accidents and Reportable Damage by Cause ................................................5 TABLE 7. Casualties in Accidents/Incidents ..............................6 TABLE 8. Total Accidents/Incidents ....................................7 TABLE 9. Casualties by Type of Person .................................7 OVERVIEW OF CURRENT YEAR DATA ........................................8 TABLE 10. Summary of Accidents by Type of Track and Speed Range .........................................9 TABLE 11. Summary of Accidents by Class of Track ........................9 TABLE 12. Summary of Reportable Damage ..............................10 TABLE 13. Casualties by Type of Person .................................10 TABLE 14. Total Fatalities by Type of Person .............................11 TABLE 15. Total Nonfatal Casualties by Type of Person .....................12 TABLE 16. Total Accidents/Incidents ....................................13 TABLE 17. Summary of Train Accidents and Mileage by Month ...............14 TABLE 18. Summary of Train Accidents by Type of Accident .................15 TABLE 19. Summary of Train Accidents by Cause and Type ..................16 i TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION PAGE TABLE 20. Number of Accidents Resulting from Operating Practices by Cause ........................................17 TABLE 21. Number of Accidents Resulting from Mechanical and Electrical Failures by Cause .............................18 TABLE 22. Number of Accidents Resulting from Track, Roadbed and Structures by Cause .............................21 TABLE 23. Number of Accidents Resulting from Miscellaneous Causes by Cause ..........................................23 TABLE 24. Damage to Equipment in Train Accidents by Consist Type .............................................24 TABLE 25. Accidents Involving Consists Transporting Hazardous Materials by Type Accident ........................24 TABLE 26. Train Accidents Involving Consists Transporting Hazardous Materials ............................24 TABLE 27. Accidents Involving Consists Transporting Hazardous Materials, by Cause ..............................25 TABLE 28. Accidents Involving Consists Transporting Hazardous Materials, by State ...............................26 TABLE 29. Train Accidents Involving Hazardous Materials by Railroad ......................................27 TABLE 30. Train Accidents by State and Type of Accident ...................28 TABLE 31. Train Accidents by State and Cause of Accident ..................29 TABLE 32. Train Accidents by State and Month ............................30 TABLE 33. Casualties by State and Type of Accident/Incident .........................................31 TABLE 34. Train Accident and Train Incident Fatalities to Trespassers and Non-Trespassers ............................32 TABLE 35. Train Accident and Train Incident Nonfatal Casualties to Trespassers and Non-Trespassers ..................33 TABLE 36. Summary of Train-Miles Operated .............................34 TABLE 37. Involvement in Train Accidents by Railroad, Type and Cause ..........................................35 ii TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION PAGE TABLE 38. Fatalities by Railroad and Type of Accident/Incident ..............37 TABLE 39. Nonfatal Casualties by Railroad and Type of Accident/Incident .........................................39 TABLE 40. Injuries to Employees on Duty by Type of Injury and Railroad ................................................41 TABLE 41. Casualties in Train Accidents by Railroad .......................43 TABLE 42. Casualties to Employees on Duty by Job Category and Railroad .............................................44 TABLE 43. Casualty Rates for Employees on Duty by Railroad ................46 TABLE 44. Summary of Nonfatal Injuries to Employees on Duty by Railroad .......................................47 TABLE 45. Summary of Employees on Duty Casualties by Reportability Criteria and Railroad ...........................48 TABLE 46. Fatalities by Type of Accident/Incident, Type of Railroad, and Type of Person ........................................49 TABLE 47. Injuries by Type of Accident/Incident, Type of Railroad and Type of Person ..........................50 TABLE 48. Illnesses by Type of Accident/Incident, Type of Railroad, and Type of Person .........................51 TABLE 49. Nonfatal Injuries by Occurrence ...............................52 TABLE 50. Nature of Injuries by Person ..................................54 TABLE 52. Employees on Duty Casualties by Job Category ...................57 TABLE 53. Employee Fatalities by Job Group .............................59 TABLE 54. Employee Injuries by Job Group ..............................60 TABLE 55. Summary of Nonfatal Employee Injuries by Occurrence ............................................61 TABLE 56. Employee Illnesses by Job Group ..............................62 TABLE 57. Summary of Nonfatal Employees on Duty Injuries Due to Assaults ....................................63 iii TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION PAGE TABLE 58. Fatalities in Accidents Resulting from Miscellaneous Causes by Cause ..............................64 TABLE 59. Injuries in Accidents Resulting from Miscellaneous Causes by Cause ..............................65 TABLE 60. Fatalities in Accidents Resulting from Operating Practices (Human Factors) by Cause ................................................66 TABLE 61. Injuries in Accidents Resulting from Operating Practices (Human Factors) by Cause ................................................67 TABLE 62. Fatalities in Accidents Resulting from Mechanical and Electrical Failures by Cause ..................................................68 TABLE 63. Injuries in Accidents Resulting from Mechanical and Electrical Failures by Cause ....................68 TABLE 64. Fatalities Resulting from Train Accidents Caused by Defects in Track, Roadbed, and Structures ............................................69 TABLE 65. Injuries in Accident Resulting from Track, Roadbed, and Structures by Cause ............................69 TABLE 66. Fatalities in Train Incidents by Specific Occurrences and Type of Person .............................70 TABLE 67. Injuries in Train Incidents by Specific Occurrences and Type of Person .............................72 TABLE 68. Illnesses in Train Incidents by Specific Occurrences and Type of Person .............................78 TABLE 69. Fatalities in Non-Train Incidents by Specific Occurrences and Type of Person .............................79 TABLE 70. Injuries in Non-Train Incidents by Specific Occurrences and Type of Person .............................80 TABLE 71. Illnesses in Non-Train Incidents by Specific Occurrences and Type of Person .............................86 APPENDIX A - REPORTABILITY REQUIREMENTS AND DEFINITIONS .............A-1 APPENDIX B - FORMS ......................................................B-1 iv INTRODUCTION Railroads must file monthly accident/incident reports with the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Office of Safety. Bulletin 164 is a summary of accident/incident data reported by 679 railroads for calendar year 1995. The FRA Guide for Preparing Accident/Incident Reports was reprinted in 1993. It incorporates many suggestions received from representatives of various segments of the railroad safety community. The primary goal of this revision was to improve uniformity of reporting between railroads though additional clarification of the existing reporting requirements. Because of this, comparisons of the accident/incident experience for the current year with earlier years are still valid. The codes and associated descriptions of the causes of train accidents were updated in the new guide to better categorize the reasons why accidents occur. Although it is still possible to compare major cause code groupings with earlier years, this ability may not exist for all individual causes. This generally is the result of creating new causes to describe situations previously being recorded in miscellaneous categories. The FRA has created a conversion table for reassigning an earlier cause into the most appropriate current