Boarding and alighting injury experience with different station platform and car entranceway designs on US commuter railroads

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 261-271

  Morlok, Edward K ^a   Nitzberg, Bradley F ^a   Lai, Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee injuries; Passenger injuries; Railcar design; Station platforms

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COSTS; RAILROAD CARS; RAILROAD STATIONS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TELECONTROL EQUIPMENT;

INJURY RATES;

RAILROAD ACCIDENTS;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PREVALENCE; RAILWAY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; CAUSALITY; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RAILROADS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0344034776     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(03)00003-4     Document Type: Article

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