TABLE 2.-ACCIDENTS INVOLVING HIGHWAY TRUCKS OPERATED BY CARRIERS IN MAINTENANCE-OF-WAY WORK 1962 THROUGH JANUARY 1965

Feb. 18,1963

Central Railroad Co. of New Jersey. Trackman injured when wheel of backing

Feb. 25, 1963 Northern Pacific_

Apr. 3, 1963 Southern...

Truck wrecked when it swerved to avoid
collision with automobile.

truck spun and kicked out loose rail. Truck went out of control on slippery highway.

2

Truck went out of control and struck

2

July 18, 1963

Illinois Centarl

Aug. 2, 1963

Aug. 16, 1963

Boston & Maine..

Struck by which hook while leading tools in
truck.

Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal.. Hand pinned to seat by spike keg when

Do....... Portland Terminal..

driver made sudden stop.

Employe struck head on angle iron when

driver made sudden stop.

Collision with automobile..

Truck failed to negotiate curve..

Ring caught in sideboard of truck as em-
ployee descended-finger amputated.
Empty propane tank rolled against em-
ployee's leg while riding in truck.
Truck left road when tie rod broke..
Truck struck tree.

1

1

Extra gang man injured in jumping when
truck turned on its side.

"Stiff leg" attached to back of truck dis

lodged and came through rear window.

Collision with engine.

Collision with telephone pole.

1

Truck turned on side.

Collision with automobile..

.do.

1

1

TABLE 2.-ACCIDENTS INVOLVING HIGHWAY TRUCKS OPERATED BY CARRIERS IN MAINTENANCE-OF-WAY WORK 1962 THROUGH JANUARY 1965-Continued

Date

Railroad

Description of accident

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe..... Section truck driving on freeway was struck

May 3, 1965

Des Moines Union..

June 3, 1965

Southern Pacific..

June 12, 1965

Union Pacific.

July 6, 1965

Gulf, Mobile & Ohio..

July 14, 1965

July 27, 1965

St. Louis-San Francisco.

Aug. 30, 1965

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific.

by auto throwing driver and passenger
about in the cab.

Highway accident..

Fell from truck owned by carrier-No
details.

Carrier-owned truck involved in accident
and overturned on highway.
Truck towline broke..
Highway accident..

do..

3

3

2

2321

332

11122

121

TABLE 2.-ACCIDENTS INVOLVING HIGHWAY TRUCKS OPERATED BY CARRIERS IN MAINTENANCE-OF-WAY WORK 1962 THROUGH JANUARY 1965-Continued

Feb. 1,1966 New York, New Haven and Hartford. Hy-rail jeep being driven downhill on city

street involved in collision with two other vehicles, account brakes failed. Carrier-owned truck struck in side by Beard Sand & Gravel truck. Men thrown from their seats.

.do..

do..

Slipped on truck running board.

Struck knee climbing onto truck.

Motorist following too close to carrier-
owned truck and struck it. Rail falling
from support killed member.
Highway accident.

Carrier-owned truck collided with automo-
bile which pulled out from side road
directly in front of truck.

Ducking to avoid hitting branches, member
strained his back. He had been standing
in rear of carrier-owned truck that
stopped suddenly.

Employee in his own car, on company busi

ness, pulled aside to let a fire engine pass
and was struck in the rear by truck.
Carrier-owned truck was following a Gov-

ernment sedan. Sedan pulled to side of
road on account of oncoming auto traveling
south in north lane collided with Govern-
ment sedan.
Maintenance-of-way truck involved in high-.
way accident. No details shown on form

T.

Highway accident. An auto struck the car-
rier-owned pickup truck in rear while
both were crossing a bridge.

Carrier-owned truck made sudden stop......

Employee suffered back strain.

Company-owned truck parked on south
side of road, backed out account no room
to turn. Trackman stepped in front of
backing truck out of view of rear-view

mirror.

Carrier-owned auto traveling in heavy
smoke and fog, involved in 5-car acci-
dent.

Rear axle came off-lost control of truck,
ran off pavement, and overturned on
embankment.
Maintenance-of-way truck pulled to right
side of road into a snow bank to avoid on-
coming speeding auto which went into an
S spin, striking and resting on left rear
wheels of m/w truck.
Driver of company-owned truck stopped on
signal from school bus and a low-boy
tractor-trailer ran into rear of truck.
Hurt getting off truck to go to lunch and
stepped on edge of ditch.
Passenger automobile ran into back of car-
rier-owned truck returning employes to
headquarters.

Hurt getting off truck. Placed foot in foot-
hole, tail gate swung toward truck, causing
foot to slide out of foothole.

June 3, 1967 Chicago & Eastern Illinois......... Hurt from rolling oxygen tank in truck....

1

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

1

1

TABLE 2.-ACCIDENTS INVOLVING HIGHWAY TRUCKS OPERATED BY CARRIERS IN MAINTENANCE-OF-WAY WORK 1962 THROUGH JANUARY 1965-Continued

New York Central..
South Pacific....

Section laborer slipped and fell to ground
while climbing onto back of truck.
Unloading track panels from motor truck,
driver made hard application of brakes,
panels slid forward, causing member to
fall.

Employe riding to job on back of mainte

nance of way truck which made a left
turn and employe fell off.

Carrier-owned truck forced to stop suddenly
and threw employe against front side of
truck.

Highway accident.

Automobile forced to cut back in traffic in
front of carrier-owned truck.

Tractor trailer rig turned over in front of
Missouri Pacific truck which ran into the
wreck.

Highway accident..

Another vehicle made sudden left turn in
front of company truck.

Privately owned truck moved north from
trailer parking area and struck carrier
maintenance of way truck moving west
on roadway transporting employees to
roadmaster's office to report for duty.
Company-leased truck made safety stop at
an intersection when another truck
skidded and struck company truck.
Rail highway truck left the highway and
moved on its wheels down an embank-
ment.

Lost control of truck (carrier owned) due
to loss of air from tire.

Carrier section truck struck electric pole.
Tools and materials in truck slid forward
striking the men.

A truck turned off highway in front of
carrier-owned 6-man truck.

Truck skidded on ice....

Section laborer, getting out of rear of truck
stepped on ladder, ladder moved and he
fell to the ground.

Source: Form T reports to ICC.

The CHAIRMAN. Thank you very much, Mr. Crotty. I have several questions here, just to clarify the language.

I believe I will forgo them at this time, and I hope the members of the committee will keep any questions, if they do have questions, very short.

I am hoping to get to Mr. Menk of the Railroad Association. I know that he wants to get away today.

Mr. BROWN. Mr. Chairman, may I make an inquiry at that point? The CHAIRMAN. Yes.

Mr. BROWN. I though that you were going to say that you would submit the questions in writing. With reference to that, we have asked Mr. Lang and a couple of others to submit information to the committee for the record. I hope that whatever information Mr. Lang, and others who testify before the committe, submit can be given to each member of the committee. If the information is presented to the committee, I hope that we can get copies of it, instead of waiting to read it in the record after the hearings have been printed at the conclusion of the legislative consideration.

The CHAIRMAN. I think that could be arranged, and I might say this in connection with the questions that I have: I would submit them in writing to you, Mr. Crotty, for the classification of the record. At this point, then, are there any questions?

and

Mr. FRIEDEL. Just a couple. I want to thank you, Mr. Crotty, I think it is a very well documented statement you have, but on page 5 of your statement, you say at the present time: "Only in four States, Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and New York, do we have anything approaching effective means of bringing about a safer condition of tracks and bridges."

Now, how do those four States compare with the other 46 States? Mr. CROTTY. I am sorry I missed part of your question, Mr. Friedel. You asked about the States that I mentioned. How their laws compare with other States?

Mr. FRIEDEL. Submit it for the record, but we would like to have a comparison. In other words, I get out of your statement that the other 40-some States do not have the protection, and their accident rates are much, much higher. I would like to have the breakdown, for the record. You don't have to do it right now, but submit it for the record.

Mr. CROTTY. I will be glad to do that.

(The information requested was not available at time of printing.) Mr. HARVEY. Mr. Chairman, could I just take this opportunity to welcome Mr. Crotty here? He is from our great State of Michigan, and I wish to apologize to him and to his colleagues for being late in attendance this morning, but I had other business in my office that just compelled me to be there. I am sorry also that I missed a part of his statement, but I want to assure him that we will give very, very careful consideration to all of it, and say that we are very proud to have him here this morning, to submit this very fine statement.

Mr. CROTTY. Thank you, Mr. Harvey.

The CHAIRMAN. Are there any questions down this way?
Mr. MACDONALD. I have one.

Before I ask my question, Mr. Crotty, I would like to congratulate you on a very fine statement, but on page 5, I find your statement of your 7,000 accidents resulting from defective or improperly maintained tracks, bridges, or other facilities.

Am I correct in that? Because there are two sentences, and in one, you say, that there are numerous accidents, and then in the second sentence, you say there are 7,000 annually.

This is on page 5.

Mr. CROTTY. Yes; well, the 7,000 annually would include reportable accidents attributed to all causes.

Mr. MACDONALD. All causes. Not just defects in structure.

Mr. CROTTY. Yes.

Mr. MACDONALD. Or the railway.

Mr. CROTTY. They would be a part of the 7,000 figure.

Mr. MACDONALD. Yes; and my last question is how is an accident defined? I mean, what is an accident?

Mr. CROTTY. Well, the criteria for a reportable accident has changed somewhat in recent years, as a result of changes in reporting.

It used to be that the vast majority-and when I say "it used to be," 5 or 6 years ago, the vast majority of accidents affecting maintenance