Deseret Evening News | 1910-02-18 | Page 1 | Safety Appliances in Coupling Cars

SAfETY APPLIANCES IN COUPLING CARS to Commerce Commission Glore Figures Decrease In Acci Accidents I dents IoS ro or of LIfe t V V Washington Feb reb Interstate commerce commission to today a Issued figures relating to railroad accidents due uc to coupling and uncoupling or of I cars carll as showing beneficial results of the operation o of the safety law The figures show that In 1593 the number of men employed In coupling and uncoupling cars In the United States was 39 for tor each man killed Inthe In Inthe the service In 1908 1905 the number employed for each cach man killed was an Increase In safety amounting to per cent The number for or each one Injured In the tho coupling of cars In 1893 was 33 13 while In 1903 the tho number was 62 an Increase In the factor r ot of safety so far as InjurIes are aro o of per cent The number killed for Cor each thousand In 10 1893 three and but butone butone one In lbS 1908 showing a decrease In Ito tho hazard of railroad employment amounting to per cent The number Injured Injure for each thousand em cm plo ed In iii lie tho lit In 1193 was 7 77 In 1908 it was 16 a decrease In this hazard amounting to p per r cent The department ha has Issued d tables on railroad accidents accident from all causes and andIn andIn In this report shows that while deaths and Injuries to trainmen In all ail acci accidents dents other othor titan than coupling have hae stead steadily ily 11 Increased the deaths and Injuries to from Crom coupling ha have 0 progressively decreased