[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR225.7]

[Page 310-311]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                             TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 225_RAILROAD ACCIDENTS/INCIDENTS: REPORTS CLASSIFICATION, AND 
INVESTIGATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 225.7  Public examination and use of reports.

    (a) Accident/Incident reports made by railroads in compliance with 
these rules shall be available to the public in the manner prescribed by 
part 7 of this title. Accident/Incident reports may be inspected at the 
Office of Safety, Federal Railroad Administration, 400 Seventh Street, 
SW., Washington, DC 20590. Written requests for a copy of a report 
should be addressed to the Freedom of Information Officer, Office of 
Chief Counsel, FRA, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590, and 
be accompanied by the appropriate fee

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prescribed in part 7 of this title. To facilitate expedited handling, 
each request should be clearly marked ``Request for Accident/Incident 
Report.''
    (b) 49 U.S.C. 20903 provides that monthly reports filed by railroads 
under Sec. 225.11 may not be admitted as evidence or used for any 
purpose in any action for damages growing out of any matters mentioned 
in these monthly reports. The Employee Human Factor Attachment, Notice, 
and Employee Supplement under Sec. 225.12 are part of the reporting 
railroad's accident report to FRA pursuant to the 49 U.S.C. 20901 and, 
as such, shall not ``be admitted as evidence or used for any purpose in 
any suit or action for damages growing out of any matter mentioned in 
said report * * *.'' 49 U.S.C. 20903.

[39 FR 43224, Dec. 11, 1974, as amended at 51 FR 47019, Dec. 30, 1986; 
53 FR 28601, July 28, 1988; 55 FR 37827, Sept. 13, 1990; 55 FR 52487, 
Dec. 21, 1990; 61 FR 30969, June 18, 1996]