Sessional Papers, Volume 89

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Page 8 - Department are reported, however slight the injuries may be. In the case of servants of the Department, only those accidents which prevent the servant injured from being employed for five hours on his ordinary work on any one of the three working days next after the accident are reported.
Page 5 - In addition to the above, the railway companies have reported to the Board of Trade, in pursuance of the 6th section of the '* Regulation of Railways Act. 1871," a number of accidents which occurred upon their premises, but in which the movement of vehicles used exclusively upon railways was not concerned. The total number of personal accidents reported to the Board during the six months is thus brought up to 424 persons killed and 2,350 injured.
Page 21 - ... prevent him on any one of the three working days next after the occurrence of the accident from being employed for five hours on his ordinary work, written notice shall forthwith be sent to the inspector for the district.
Page 3 - Summary of Accidents and Casualties which have been reported to the Board of Trade as having occurred upon the Railways in the United Kingdom during the Three Months ending 31st March 1896.
Page 6 - Trade, however shght the injuries may be ; but, as regards servants of the companies, only those accidents which prevent the servant injured from being employed for five hours on his ordinary work on any one of the three working days next after the accident are reported. The following Tables therefore show the total...
Page 5 - ... injured from various other causes. Altogether, the number of persons killed and injured on railways in the United Kingdom in the course of public traffic, during the three months ending 31st March 1896, as reported to the Board of Trade, was as follows : — * Of contractors' servants 5 were killed and 3 injured.
Page 104 - A signal imperfectly displayed, or the absence of a signal at a place where a signal is usually shown, must be regarded as a stop signal, and the fact reported to the 28.
Page 6 - ... injured. Thus the total number of personal accidents reported to the Board of Trade by the several railway companies during the year amount to 1,074 persons killed and 5,828 injured.
Page 4 - Imperiales showed that, in a series of years, the number of passengers killed and injured, from causes beyond their own control, was 1 in 28,000. From the latest comparative returns, the number of passengers killed and injured was, on British railways, 1 in 334,000; on Belgian railways, 1 in 1,600,000; on Prussian railways, 1 in 3,000,000; and on French railways, 1 in 4,000,000.
Page 6 - From engines or vehicles meeting with, or leaving the rails in consequence of, obstructions, or from defects in connection with the permanent way or works.

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