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Isn't it amazing how safety is a relative concept?
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The numbers are astonishing, but meaningless unless put into perspective. <br /> <br />There have been years when traffic fatalities in the USA were greater than the entire combat losses reported from the Vietnam War (50,000 plus.) <br />Operation Iraqi Freedom has lasted for three years with just over 1,000 US combat casualities. That's roughly equivalent to an especially busy Labor Day weekend on US highways. <br /> <br />At the other end of the spectrum, British combat casualities in the first battle of the Somme, World War I, reached over 50,000 just in the first afternoon of the battle. <br /> <br />Which leads me to a question... <br /> <br />It's pretty well known that working on the railroad is a dangerous business to be in. (Imagine being identified as a railroad brakeman by the number of fingers you have left.... from link and pin accidents on couplers) Can anyone out there direct me to a website that has fatality information on railroad workers? I imagine life is statistically safer on the railroads now... but whether it's because the workers are more safety conscious or because there are a lot less of them would be interesting to know. <br /> <br />Erik
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