Major Accidents to Workmen While on Duty. Causes of Accidents by Industry Groups for the Twelve Months Ending Sept. 30, 1912. TABLE No. 4.-Transportation by Steam and Electric Roads, and by Water. CAUSE OF ACCIDENTS. Falls from engines or trains while in motion.. Falls from bridges, trestles, etc., into ash pits, etc... Run over or struck by locomotives, trains, cars, etc. Struck by overhead bridges, or other parts of road structure 225 TABLE No. 4.-(Continued). CAUSE OF ACCIDENTS. Flying or projecting material from passing trains.. Caught in frogs or switches handling turntables.. Running machinery, power transmission apparatus. Collisions Run down by moving cars or other vehicles (trolley employes) Misplaced switches, laying rails.. Common tools, wrenches, hammers, etc... Derricks, elevators, hoisting apparatus, etc... 1 7215 + 10 2 2 4 5 Loading and unloading freight and other material by hand. Other causes Totals 123 254 377 Character of Summary of Major Accidents to Workmen While on Duty. TABLE No. 4 (a)-Transportation Employes. RESULTS OF ACCIDENTS. Major Accidents to Workmen While on Duty. Causes of Accidents by Industry Groups for the Twelve Months Ending Sept. 30, 1912. TABLE No. 5.-Tunnelmen, Excavators, Miners, Trench Diggers, etc. CAUSE OF ACCIDENTS. Number killed or who died of injuries. Number seriously in- Total number killed and injured. Collapse of caissons, trenches, excavations, etc.. Railway operation, run down by engines, trains, cars, etc.. Explosive material-explosions of powder, dynamite, etc... Engines, working machinery, etc... Loading and unloading cars, etc... Steam boilers, steam piping, explosions, etc.. Flying or projecting material from passing trains. Totals Summary of Major Accidents to Workmen While on Duty. Character of Injuries by Industry Groups for the Twelve Months Ending September 30, 1912. TABLE No. 5 (a)-Tunnelmen, Miners, Excavators and Other Outside Laborers. Major Accidents to Workmen While on Duty. Causes of Accidents by Industry Groups for the Twelve Months Ending Sept. 30, 1912. TABLE No. 6.-Linemen and Other Electrical Workers. Collapse of scaffolds, ladders, buildings, etc.... Contact with electrically charged body of fellow-workman. Contact with testing switch.. Totals Summary of Major Accidents to Workmen While on Duty. Character of Injuries by Industry Groups for the Twelve Months Ending September 30, 1912. TABLE No. 6 (a)-Linemen and Other Electrical Workers. Major Accidents to Workmen While on Duty. Causes of Accidents by Industry Groups for the Twelve Months Ending Sept. 30, 1912. TABLE No. 7.-Unclassified Occupations. CAUSE OF ACCIDENTS. Engines, working machinery, power transmission apparatus Steam boilers, steam piping, explosions, of, etc.... Hand tools, hammers, wrenches, hand working machinery, etc. Contact with electric apparatus, live wires, etc.. Woodworking machinery-circular and band saws, shapers, etc. Falls into fly-pits or on workshop floors. Molten metal, spilling of, falling into, etc., burns from other causes Falls into oil tanks, tubs of boiling water, dyes, chemicals, etc. Water transportation-falls water from vessels or docks into 16 Falls from chimneys, smokestacks, tanks, etc.. Railway operations-run over, struck by, and falls from trains, engines, cars, etc.... Run down by steam roller.... Other causes Totals 9: 7 |