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The Effect of the Removal of the Firemen on Railroad Accidents, 1962-1967

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  • Franklin M. Fisher
  • Gerald Kraft

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In November 1963, Arbitration Award 282 allowed U.S. railroads to remove some firemen from locomotive cabs. In the following year total hours of fireman employment declined by 20 percent and by 1967 there was less than one-half the 1963-fireman hours worked. During the same period, accidents on U.S. railroads increased by 50 percent, a significant point in the labor dispute. This article seeks to establish whether the relationship between the decrease in the employment of firemen and the increase in rail accidents is statistically significant.

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  • Franklin M. Fisher & Gerald Kraft, 1971. "The Effect of the Removal of the Firemen on Railroad Accidents, 1962-1967," Bell Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation, vol. 2(2), pages 470-494, Autumn.
    • Handle: RePEc:rje:bellje:v:2:y:1971:i:autumn:p:470-494
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