[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: 49CFR225.27]

[Page 271]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                             TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 225--RAILROAD ACCIDENTS/INCIDENTS: REPORTS CLASSIFICATION, AND INVESTIGATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 225.27  Retention of records.

    (a) Each railroad shall retain the Railroad Employee Injury and/or 
Illness Record and the Monthly List of Injuries and Illnesses required 
by Sec. 225.25 for at least five years after the end of the calendar 
year to which they relate. Each railroad shall retain the Initial Rail 
Equipment Accident/Incident Record required by Sec. 225.25 for at least 
two years after the end of the calendar year to which it relates. Each 
railroad must retain the Employee Human Factor Attachments required by 
Sec. 225.12, the written notices to employees required by Sec. 225.12, 
and the Employee Statements Supplementing Railroad Accident Reports 
described in Sec. 225.12(g) that have been received by the railroad for 
at least 2 years after the end of the calendar year to which they 
relate.
    (b) Each railroad must retain a duplicate of each form it submits to 
FRA under Sec. 225.21, for at least 2 years after the calendar year to 
which it relates.

[39 FR 43224, Dec. 11, 1974, as amended at 55 FR 37828, Sept. 13, 1990; 
61 FR 30971, June 18, 1996; 61 FR 67491, Dec. 23, 1996]