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 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 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- 1 1 Extra gang man injured in jumping when "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 Highway accident.. Fell from truck owned by carrier-No Carrier-owned truck involved in 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- Carrier-owned truck collided with automo- Ducking to avoid hitting branches, member Employee in his own car, on company busi ness, pulled aside to let a fire engine pass ernment sedan. Sedan pulled to side of T. Highway accident. An auto struck the car- Carrier-owned truck made sudden stop...... Employee suffered back strain. Company-owned truck parked on south mirror. Carrier-owned auto traveling in heavy Rear axle came off-lost control of truck, Hurt getting off truck. Placed foot in foot- 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.. Section laborer slipped and fell to ground Employe riding to job on back of mainte nance of way truck which made a left Carrier-owned truck forced to stop suddenly Highway accident. Automobile forced to cut back in traffic in Tractor trailer rig turned over in front of Highway accident.. Another vehicle made sudden left turn in Privately owned truck moved north from Lost control of truck (carrier owned) due Carrier section truck struck electric pole. A truck turned off highway in front of Truck skidded on ice.... Section laborer, getting out of rear of truck 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? 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 |