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-172 Tut'nt v-ji'fond Congress--Arational Safety Council M it] ibr*c liraijr fatal ail the catiahy rate lietap &52: and 32 per cent occurred la rnttlmural kI with 4733 astalttn, 4G Iring iattl and the casualty rate fxS9. Irinrc pncitdinr to a study of the occupations which produce the 'majority of the casualties in these maintenance departnumts. it is writ to have m Rood the six |<ri>Kt)a1 pussfidc causes of these particular casualties, as fallows: 3,103 falls uf |wr4i: 1.K78 Itandlioi: rails, ties. Iniilpc timbers. etc.: 1-579 handling freight or s-utqilk** <3.457 handlmu materials): 1.476 m the use of hand tools: 1,406 falls of 4ijcct*: and R!5 motor cars. Thus, there were a total of 9337 in these six causes of accidents, which retirement 75 per cent <>f all nn-train accidents. When we view the results of <mr study d the statistics relating to maintenance of way and structures, we find a picture that is nut satisfying and one that should excite railroad management to take more aggressive stci*s to remedy tltc evil that is causing so much sotiering and tonnk waste. We rcocniw ttai sujrviri**i m this department has. at its fountain source, a Itighly technicafly educated overseer in tfic |>cr*on of tine Oivisiun Knginrer, and itrakr him there are tltc nodmasters. 1ridge and building sujvrviwrt. From these <4Grr> must (low the tnstructkm ami utsturatkm (lot will, nr should, bring ahmzl that iUMtrr>nutaimg and km<wletlgc atunug the workers tint will cause them to be safely* nts<>4t> at all times. As a ndc. we do nut have a German directing the men ltd <n the w*rk. the same high class of men as ynO find tn other supervisory post* titbs Iring drawn largely from the same class emptoytrent over which they now have *rt|>rrv>>i a class that is nd always as MKcgitblc to educational effort and training as tlnse invtiis a heller i^actunil}'. hot who. when slvown what is wanted, ar*. willntg to atwlc hy instructions wIkd made plain to litem. We would here pay trileor to a class <>t bhc wfmse loyalty to the employer under all conditions is un- o|tnliv*l any utler class. Called at any her m all weather condhtons to do .myihiit- in t-mergenry. hr is there fulfilling every demand made on hint to the nt- f*i if his aldltty. We. lherefoe. ice! that rmpliyces m the maintenance of way Irjanmcut deserve and should have, the closest and most miefligcnt supervision ilial ran lv givru lltmu In this department find Iritlge mas CatHitg from bridges hie to wrote!*** slijiptng man nuts and U4t heads, causing all kinds of serious injuries. Iveause they* have t*4 been 1<4>I Ikht to place themselves when doing this wrl: that they would not fall from the 1ridge: or. if they knew, the inq'ortanec I it was me enfurrrd liy the foreman hi charge who. if present, permitted it. 5nvti.cn aiul extra gang laborers arc Iring injured when falling from motor and hand cars while in mntiin. vonetime* due In oreriaading and ntai standing up on the cur. ICye ffljarks are ditc to flying steel when catting rails, and man flying rcks. etc. fnw lellut when tamping.- etc. lack of understanding of btfcntbms letwmi men and groups of men when mmvmmts arc to lie made, or material is to le thrown, is causing many accidents. To av*mt these and many other accidents is a matter of >imp)c education. Iy giving instruction in language tint can he and is umltTrt'vd lor the aiekcr. and the German seeing that instructions arc invariahly earrirtl out. tnt winking at <v encouraging vi4at*ms. Your Committee feeb that it is mcundvtri iqm all supervises to enforce all rule* and imtrwtnu Ihrungh mcasttrvs idaimrd to |imnioie the general efficiency and safety to their ratits. \Yr funlier lrinrrr ilni. except in eases where all reasonable `measure* to correct an employee haw faded, discipline usually is unnecessary, as effective leadership tetulx to mtreoue aceidciU prnfabflflies. We hare not failed to rm^nizr that <1ne tn recent loismrs* ouulukms. nilrutd organizatkms arc greatly Safety Section ARA--Steam Railroad Section A*SC 473 reduced and supervision understaffed and which condition trill, we greatly for, continue for some time. But whereas many activities must he reduced, the one activity, safety education of railroad workers, cannot be allowed to be relegated or delegated to mcflkiral leadership. The safety organization on every railroad must function as never before in energizing and stimulating interest THURSDAY MORNING SESSION October 5, 1933 Report of Committee on Proper Method of Reporting Casualties tb the Interstate Commerce Commission By O. H. WARFEL Assistant to Executive Vice President, Union Pacific System, Omaha, Neb. The speaker said m part: A year ago, in the Committee of Direction, the ques tion was raised as to whether or not there was iw) for some other method of determining the relative progress of safety work on various railroads. The casualty rate per million man-hours has from time to time been questioned, particularly the very low casualty rate sometimes established, and tbffe have been those who wan dered tf some other basis could not be developed. So our Committee was appointed to study the desirability or the practicability of developing some lone of severity rating for casualties, as well as the frequency rating, to see if by that the relative standings of different carriers and the progress of safety work generally could be better determined. After a very careful study of severity ratings and the conditions surrounding their reporting, and especially the very great difficulty of securing accurate severity statistics, we came to the condnsioo that the casually rate per (tullum man-hours has been and is a very reliable guide and index to the progress of accident preven tion work on railroads, and that the general casualty rate, as H has been established through the Greco Bcok and our ether agencies, is a good and reliable general guide to the progress of safety work among the railroads. There it no question in our minds but what there has been some distortions one way or the other of the relative standings oi individual carriers, due usually to different interpretations of what constitutes rcponalalhy. Yoor Committee believes, however, flat what is needed is not same other yard stick to measure by. but the assurance that everybody use the present yard stick the same way. We come to the conclusion that what was most desirable was that everybody who had to do with die reporting of accidents on a railroad should understand alike the require ments of the Interstate Commerce Commission Reporting Rides. So this Commit tee undertook to put together an interpretation of the Interstate Commerce Cosnrarnica Reporting Rules. We tried to make this interpretation at dear and concise as passible, so that anybody reading them could understand clearly whether or not a man's injury was reportable. I want to sketch for you briefly here some of the points in the text we have finally agreed upon. Take, for cample, "Accidents arising from the operation of a railway." I wiD read two or three things here: "This expression is intended to include not only accidents resulting directly from the operation, construction or maintenance of a