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requirement is subject to a civil penalty. Penalties may be assessed against individuals only for willful violations. A person may also be |
subject to criminal penalties provided for in 49 U.S.C. 21311. |
OMB approval expires 02/28/2014 |
Name of Reporting Railroad Railroad Accident/Incident No. |
(Block 1b, FRA F 6180.54) |
Date of Accident/Incident (mo/day/year) |
The railroad has determined that (check only one) |
a. One or more railroad employees was the primary or a contributing cause of the accident. |
b. One or more railroad employees was not the primary or a contributing cause of the accident. |
c. It is uncertain whether one or more railroad employees was a primary or a contributing cause of the accident. |
If item “b” or “c” was checked, go to the last line of the form. If item “a” was checked, complete the following: |
The railroad has identified (check only one) |
3. None of the railroad employees who were the primary cause or a contributing cause of the accident/incident. |
1. All the railroad employees who were the primary cause or a contributing cause of the accident/incident. |
2. Some, but not all of the railroad employees who were the primary cause or contributing cause of the accident/incident. |
If item “3” above was checked, go to the last line of this form. |
If item “1” or “2” was checked, complete the following for each employee identified as the primary cause or a contributing |
cause of the accident/incident. Attach additional pages if needed. |
Name of Railroad Employee |
(last, first, middle) |
Job Title Railroad Code of |
Employing Railroad |
Cause Code(s) Applicable |
to this Employee |
Describe why the employee was the primary cause or contributing cause of the accident/incident. |
Did the employee die as a result of the accident/incident? Yes No |
Typed Name and Title Signature Date |
INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING FORM FRA F 6180.81 “EMPLOYEE HUMAN FACTOR ATTACHMENT” |
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS |
Requirements |
If, in reporting a rail equipment accident/incident on Form FRA F 6180.54, a railroad cites an employee human factor as the primary cause or a |
contributing cause of the accident, the railroad that cited such employee human factor must complete Form FRA F 6180.81, entitled “Employee |
Human Factor Attachment.” |
The Form FRA F 6180.81 must be attached to its related Rail Equipment Accident/Incident report. |
This Form is only used in connection with a reportable rail equipment accident/incident where Form FRA F 6180.54 submitted to FRA identifies |
an employee human factor as either the primary cause or contributing cause of the accident. |
General Instruction |
Each employee identified on Form FRA F 6180.81 must be notified that he or she has been identified as a possible primary or a contributing |
cause of an accident. That notification is to be given on Form FRA F 6180.78. Instructions for completing Form FRA F 6180.78 are noted |
on the attachment to that form. You also may wish to refer to the FRA Guide for Preparing Accident/Incident Reports, or FRA’s website at |
www.FRA.DOT.GOV for completion of that form. |
Q. Under what circumstances must the reporting railroad complete a Form FRA F 6180.81? |
A. This form should be completed only when a railroad, in reporting a rail equipment accident/incident to FRA assigns any of the cause codes listed |
under “Train Operation”-Human Factors as listed in Appendix C to the FRA Guide for Preparing Accident/Incident Reports as the primary cause or a |
contributing cause of the rail equipment accident/incident. |
Q. What is the definition of a “railroad employee” for purposes of completing this form? |
A. “Railroad Employee” means Worker on Duty-Railroad Employee (Class A), Railroad Employee not on Duty (Class B), Worker on DutyContractor (Class F), and Worker on Duty-Volunteer (Class H). See 49 C.F.R. 225.5, 225.12. |
Q. What is the definition of “the primary cause or a contributing cause”? |
A. The “primary cause or a contributing cause” is an act, omission, or physical condition such as alcohol intoxication, fatigue, or legal or illegal drug |
use that was the main cause or a contributing cause of the accident/incident. If an employee was intoxicated or fatigued, but the accident would |
have happened anyway and with the same degree of severity, then the intoxication, fatigue is not the primary or a contributing cause. If the |
employee’s act, omission, or physical condition only remotely contributed to the accident/incident, this is still a contributing cause of the accident. |
Q. Should I send a Form FRA F 6180.78 to an employee’s home if the employee died as a result of the accident? |
A. No. A Notice for an employee must not be sent if that employee has died as a result of that accident. A Notice is not required and is not |
recommended for an employee who has died due to any cause by the time that Notice is ready to be sent. |
Q. What should I do if the railroad alleges an employee from another railroad is the primary cause or a contributing cause of the accident? |
A. You should notify the employee’s railroad that the reporting railroad alleges that the primary or a contributing cause of the accident was that |
employee. The employee’s railroad should then promptly provide to the reporting railroad the name, title, address, and medical status of that |
employee. |
Q. What if the reporting railroad cannot initially identify an employee as the primary cause or a contributing cause of an accident but |
subsequently does identify such employee? |
A. The reporting railroad should prepare a revised form FRA F 6180.81 and forward it to FRA. In addition, the reporting railroad, will have 15 days |
from the date of the revised form to send an FRA F 6180.78 to that employee. |
Q. May a reporting railroad ever defer notice to an employee? |
A. Yes. Particularly if the employee was seriously injured, a railroad may defer notice to the employee. |
Q. Must the reporting railroad attach a Form FRA F 6180.81 to the Form FRA F 6180.54 if the reporting railroad has scheduled or is conducting a |
formal investigation of the accident to determine if it was caused by human factor, but the investigation is not concluded before the filing of the |
regular monthly report? |
A. Yes. The reporting railroad must nevertheless attach the FRA F 6180.81 to the Form FRA F 6180.54. Moreover, when completing the 6180.81 |
in this situation, the reporting railroad should in the “Brief Description” block, explain that the employees have not been named because the railroad |
is still conducting a formal investigation. Indicate whether the formal investigation is currently in progress or the date that it is scheduled to begin. |
Once the investigation is completed, the reporting railroad must file a “corrected copy” of the Form FRA F 6180.81 for each implicated employee. |
Q. When must the reporting railroad notify the implicated employee? |
A. A Notice for an employee must be sent within 45 days from the end of the month in which the accident occurred, unless the employee has died, |
or in the reporting railroad’s discretion, the reporting railroad should defer notice. |
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION |
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION (FRA) |
INITIAL RAIL EQUIPMENT ACCIDENT/INCIDENT RECORD |
3. Name of Railroad |
31. Narrative Description (Be specific, and continue on separate sheet if necessary) |
OMB No. 2130-0500 |
FORM FRA F 6180.97 (Rev. 08/10) |
This collection of information is mandatory under 49 CFR 225, and is used by FRA to monitor national rail safety. Public reporting burden is estimated |
to average 30 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing databases, gathering and maintaining the data |
needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. The information collected is a matter of public record, and no confidentiality is |
promised to any respondent. Please note that an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to a collection of |
information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control number for this collection is 2130-0500. |
30. Casualties Nonfatal Fatal |
Worker on duty – railroad employee |
Railroad employees not on duty |
Passengers on trains |
Nontrespassers/on railroad property |
Trespassers |
Worker on duty - contractor |
Contractor - other |
Worker on duty - volunteer |
Volunteer - other |
Nontrespassers/off railroad property |
NOTE: This report is part of the reporting railroad's accident report pursuant to the accident reports statute 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. |
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