Objective To study the epidemiolog ical feature of railway injury in China and find out the causes of injuries.
Methods To collect the record of fateful and great railway injuries in China from 1990 to 2000, and analyze the data by circular distribution and chi-square test.
Results From 1990 to 2000 the tendency of railway injury was descending.There was a centralized tendency of month distribution to July(α=202.63).More injuries happened on interval railroads(59.62%)and railway stations(31.86%).The major responsibilities were train drivers(37.72%), truck maintenance workers(23.68%), and non-railway staff(15.79%), etc.The main causes of railway injury were dereliction of duty(19.87%), ag ainst regulations(18.61%), facility trouble(17.67%)and natural calamity(9.78%).
Conclusion The numbers of railway injury in China are fluctuating.Major factors are human factors, facility trouble and natural calamity.
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