![]() Railroads train tens of thousands of first responders each year and developed the AskRail™ app, which helps emergency responders effectively and safely respond to an incident by providing immediate information about railcars carrying hazmat. ![]() Since 2000, the hazmat accident rate is down 78% to an all-time low. Hazmat: More than 99.9% of all hazmat moved by rail reaches its destination without a release caused by a train accident.America’s railroads today have lower employee injury rates than most other major industries, including trucking, manufacturing, construction - even grocery stores. Employees: Per Class I railroad employee, the injury rate has dropped 63% since 2000 and is at an all-time low.Despite that longer-term positive trend, it was up by 5% year-over-year. Derailment: For all railroads, the derailment rate is down 31% since 2000.Equipment-caused accidents are down 21% since 2000 but increased by 15% compared to 2021. Track & Equipment: Track-caused accidents are down 55% since 2000 and are at their lowest-ever rate across the entire industry.For all railroads, that rate has declined 44% since 2000. Mainline: Class I railroads’ mainline accident rate is down 49% since 2000.Freight railroads are the safest way to move goods over land, and the last decade was the safest ever for U.S. ![]()
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