Where can I find safety data for ASLRRA member railroads?
Safety data for all ASLRRA member railroads is provided by the Federal Railroad Administration. To review safety data, please visit the FRA Office of Safety homepage.
How is this data calculated?
Data is calculated according to the following formula:
EMPLOYEE HOURS WORKED:
One employee working for one year is equal to approximately 2000 employee hours for frequency rate calculations.
Therefore: If you had 5 people working on your railroad for 2002, you would have reported approximately 10,000 employee hours to the FRA.
If you had 10 people working for your railroad for 2002, you would have reported approximately 20,000 employee hours to the FRA.
50,000 employee hours = 25 people
100,000 employee hours = 50 people
200,000 employee hours = 100 people
250,000 employee hours = 125 people
Throughout the year, you report both employee hours and injuries.
Example: If you had 5 people working, you would have 2500 hours through March, 5000 hours through June, 7500 hours through October, and 10,000 hours at year end.
To estimate your year-end employee hours, multiply each employee by 2000.
FRA FREQUENCY RATE:
The frequency rate for your railroad is the percentage of employees you have injured for the year. The formula for calculation is:
your reportable injuries = your FRA Frequency Rate
your man-hours 200,000
or
your reportable injuries x 200,000 = your FRA Frequency Rate
your man hours
(One employee works 2,000 hours in one year. 200,000 man hours equates to 100 people working one year.)
The FRA frequency rate is determined in the same method as the OSHA frequency rate. The calculation allows for operations of different sizes to be compared. The calculation allows for different types of businesses to be compared.
Example: If you had 1 injury in 2004, and had 50 employees working for the entire year, your FRA Frequency Rate could be calculated as:
(1)(200,000) = 2.0
100,000
Or, approximately 2% of your employees were injured in 2004.
FRA FREQUENCY / SEVERITY RATE:
The frequency/severity rate for your railroad takes into account the seriousness of the injuries you have for the year. A death is given the weight of 50 injuries for this calculation. A serious injury is given the weight of 25 injuries for this calculation. Anon serious injury is given the weight of one injury for this calculation. This formula builds on the frequency rate formula as follows:
[(Non serious injuries)(1) + (serious injuries)(25) + (deaths)(50)] x 200,000
your man hours
Examples:
1. If you had 1 non serious injury in 2002, and had 50 employees working for the entire year, your FRA Frequency / Severity Rate could be calculated as:
(1)(1)(200,000) = 2.00
100,000
2. If the injury was a serious injury, your Frequency / Severity Rate would be calculated as:
(25)(1)(200,000) = 50.00
100,000
3. If the injury was a death, your Frequency / Severity Rate would be calculated as:
(50)(1)(200,000) = 100.00
100,000
The ASLRRA membership FRA Severity Index Rate for 2005 is: 7.93
The railroad industry FRA Severity Index Rate for 2005 is: 6.30
The AAR membership FRA Severity Index Rate for 2005 is: 5.95
