<div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT color=black face=arial></FONT>Can't speak for 'now', but it was common during the 19th century. One of my books has a cartoon; man shown applying for a job on the RR. The official turns to ask a third person if anyone was 'seriously injured</div>
<div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">this week'. The answer 'no' prompted this response -' come back next week and there's sure to be a vacancy by then'. Truth is, few RR brakemen had a long career in that position. High accident rate from crushed hands (especially with link and pin coupling); caught between cars; falling from roofwalk<SPAN style="DISPLAY: inline-block" contentEditable=false></SPAN>. Industrial safety was not really promoted until the 20th century.</div>
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<div>An interesting commentary between "then" and "now" is how Engineer Shelton is laid off work due to a work-related injury. Can that still happen on the railroads? It is unthinkable in my industry (hazardous waste cleanup), at least with my company.</div>
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<div>Bluefield Daily Telegraph<br>
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<div align=center><FONT size=4>IN CITY AND COALFIELD</FONT></div>
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<div align=center><STRONG>Engineer Slightly Injured</STRONG></div>
<div align=left> Engineer R. I. Shelton was slightly injured yesterday afternoon by being struck in the neck by a piece of an exploded torpedo as his train was passing Cleveland, Va. He was relieved at St. Paul and will return to this city on No. 12 today. Other than a lay off for several days Engineer Shelton is all right, a fact his many friends will be glad to learn.</div>
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<div align=left>[<EM>The attached photo of a track torpedo shows the two lead straps that are bent to secure the torpedo to the rail head. I remember being told not to stand near a torpedo because the explosion could send the straps flying. That is obviously why N&W operating Rule 15 states, in part, "Torpedoes must not be placed at stations or one public crossings." Apparently, Engineer Shelton was leaning out the cab window and got hit by one of the flying torpedo straps.</EM>]</div>
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