[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 49CFR225.27]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 225_RAILROAD ACCIDENTS/INCIDENTS: REPORTS CLASSIFICATION, AND 

 

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]