Chapter D: W. Dalmann, operator and leverman, injured Aug. 12, at Hampton;

was in interlocking plant throwing distant signal, when chain
connecting lever with counterbalance weight broke and he was
thrown to the floor.

Stanley Lord, freight brakeman, injured at Rembrandt, May 20; was
unloading freight from a car; the skid which was being used was
broken off at one end, causing it to slip, and allowing Lord and
the boxes to fall to the ground, injuring Lord.

ACCIDENTS CAUSED BY DEFECTIVE FLOORS, PLATFORMS, ETC.

Another class of accidents which might also be avoided is that caused by defective floors and platforms in roundhouses and at stations, the failure to keep tools in repair, lack of light, and failure to properly secure lights on switches. While, fortunately, they are not so great in number, yet they go to swell the total, as well as the expense, and ought to be cut out, as they could be with proper care and supervision.