[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR225.7]



[Page 349-350]

 

                        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 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



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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]