Railway Age, June 1st, 2007
In testimony prepared for a congressional subcommittee studying new safety legislation, the Association of American Railroads quotes Department of Labor data showing that "railroads today have lower employee injury rates than other modes of transportation and most other major industry groups, including agriculture, construction, manufacturing, and private industry as a whole." Federal Railroad Administration figures show that in the 1980-2006 period, railroads cut their train accident rate by 60%, the employee casualty rate by 81%, and the grade crossing incident rate by 76%. It is against t...
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