[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR225.19]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                             TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 225--RAILROAD ACCIDENTS/INCIDENTS: REPORTS CLASSIFICATION, AND INVESTIGATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 225.19  Primary groups of accidents/incidents.

    (a) For reporting purposes reportable railroad accidents/incidents 
are divided into three groups:

    Group I--Highway-Rail Grade Crossing;
    Group II--Rail Equipment;
    Group III--Death, Injury and Occupational Illness.

    (b) Group I--Highway-rail grade crossing. Each highway-rail grade 
crossing accident/incident must be reported to the FRA on Form FRA F 
6180.57, regardless of the extent of damages or whether a casualty 
occurred. In addition, whenever a highway-rail grade crossing accident/
incident results in damages greater than the current reporting threshold 
to railroad on-track equipment, signals, track, track structures, or 
roadbed, that accident/incident shall be reported to the FRA on Form FRA 
F 6180.54. For reporting purposes, damages include labor costs and all 
other costs to repair or replace in kind damaged on-track equipment, 
signals, track, track structures, or roadbed, but do not include the 
cost of clearing a wreck.
    (c) Rail equipment accidents/incidents are collisions, derailments, 
fires, explosions, acts of God, and other events involving the operation 
of on-track equipment (standing or moving) that result in damages higher 
than the current reporting threshold (i.e., $6,300 for calendar years 
1991 through 1996, $6,500 for calendar year 1997, $6,600 for calendar 
years 1998 through 2001, and $6,700 for calendar year 2002) to railroad 
on-track equipment, signals, tracks, track structures, or roadbed, 
including labor costs and the costs for acquiring new equipment 
andmaterial. Each rail equipment accident/incident must be reported to 
the FRA on Form FRA F 6180.54. If the property of more than one railroad 
is involved in an accident/incident, the reporting threshold is 
calculated by including the damages suffered by all of the railroads 
involved. See Sec. 225.23, Joint Operations. The reporting threshold 
will be reviewed periodically and will be adjusted every year.
    (d) Group III--Death, injury, or occupational illness. Each event 
arising from the operation of a railroad shall be reported on Form FRA F 
6180.55a if it results in:
    (1) Death to any person;
    (2) Injury to any person that requires medical treatment;

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    (3) Injury to a railroad employee that results in:
    (i) A day away from work;
    (ii) Restricted work activity or job transfer; or
    (iii) Loss of consciousness; or
    (4) Occupational illness of a railroad employee.
    (e) The reporting threshold is $6,300 for calendar years 1991 
through 1996. The reporting threshold is $6,500 for calendar year 1997, 
$6,600 for calendar years 1998 through 2001, and $6,700 for calendar 
year 2002. The procedure for determining the reporting threshold for 
calendar year 1997 and later appears as appendix B to part 225.

(Secs. 11144 and 11145, Subtitle IV of Title 49 (49 U.S.C. 11144 and 
11145); secs. 1 and 6, Accident Reports Act (45 U.S.C. 431 and 437); 
sec. 6(e) and (f), Department of Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 1655(e) 
and (f)); sec. 1.49(g) and (m), regulations of the Office of the 
Secretary of Transportation (49 CFR 1.49(g) and (m))

[39 FR 43224, Dec. 11, 1974, as amended at 41 FR 50691, Nov. 17, 1976; 
42 FR 1221, Jan. 6, 1977; 47 FR 56358, Dec. 16, 1982; 51 FR 47019, Dec. 
30, 1986; 53 FR 48548, Dec. 1, 1988; 55 FR 52847, Dec. 21, 1990; 61 FR 
30969, 30973, June 18, 1996; 61 FR 60634, Nov. 29, 1996; 61 FR 67490, 
Dec. 23, 1996; 63 FR 63676, Dec. 2, 1997; 63 FR 71791, Dec. 30, 1998; 64 
FR 69195, Dec. 10, 1999; 65 FR 69886, Nov. 21, 2000; 66 FR 66348, Dec. 
26, 2001]