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or, on easements of private property, that portion of a street that is paved or improved and intended for use by
pedestrians.
Injury or illness means an abnormal condition or disorder. Injuries include cases such as, but not limited to, a
cut, fracture, sprain, or amputation. Illnesses include both acute and chronic illnesses, such as but not limited to, a
skin disease, respiratory disorder, or poisoning. A musculoskeletal disorder is also an injury or illness. Pain is an
injury or illness when it is sufficiently severe to meet the general reporting criteria listed in § 225.19(d)(1) through
(6).
Joint operations means rail operations conducted on a track used jointly or in common by two or more railroads
subject to this part or operation of a train, locomotive, car, or other on-track equipment by one railroad over the
track of another railroad.
Medical removal means medical removal under the medical surveillance requirements of the Occupational Safety
and Health Administration standard in 29 CFR part 1910 in effect during calendar year 2002, even if the case does
not meet one of the general reporting criteria.
Medical treatment means any medical care or treatment beyond “first aid” regardless of who provides such
treatment. Medical treatment does not include diagnostic procedures, such as X-rays and drawing blood samples.
Medical treatment also does not include counseling.
Musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) means a disorder of the muscles, nerves, tendons, ligaments, joints, cartilage,
and spinal discs. The term does not include disorders caused by slips, trips, falls, motor vehicle accidents, or other
similar accidents. Examples of MSDs include: Carpal tunnel syndrome, Rotator cuff syndrome, De Quervain's
disease, Trigger finger, Tarsal tunnel syndrome, Sciatica, Epicondylitis, Tendinitis, Raynaud's phenomenon, Carpet
layers knee, Herniated spinal disc, and Low back pain.
Needlestick or sharps injury means a cut, laceration, puncture, or scratch from a needle or other sharp object that
involves contamination with another person's blood or other potentially infectious material, even if the case does
not meet one of the general reporting criteria.
New case means a case in which either the injured or ill person has not previously experienced a reported injury
or illness of the same type that affects the same part of the body, or the injured or ill person previously experienced
a reported injury or illness of the same type that affected the same part of the body but had recovered completely
(all signs and/or symptoms disappeared) from the previous injury or illness, and an event or exposure arising from
the operation of a railroad discernably caused the signs and/or symptoms to reappear.
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Non-train incident means an event that results in a reportable casualty, but does not involve the movement of ontrack equipment nor cause reportable damage above the threshold established for train accidents.
Occupational hearing loss means a diagnosis of occupational hearing loss by a physician or other licensed health
care professional, where the employee's audiogram reveals a work-related Standard Threshold Shift (STS) (i.e., at
least a 10-decibel change in hearing threshold, relative to the baseline audiogram for that employee) in hearing in
one or both ears, and the employee's total hearing level is 25 decibels or more above audiometric zero (averaged at
2000, 3000, and 4000 Hz) in the same ear(s) as the STS.
Occupational illness means any abnormal condition or disorder, as diagnosed by a physician or other licensed
health care professional, of any person who falls under the definition for the classification of Worker on Duty--
Employee, other than one resulting from injury, discernably caused by an environmental factor associated with the
person's railroad employment, including, but not limited to, acute or chronic illnesses or diseases that may be
caused by inhalation, absorption, ingestion, or direct contact.
Occupational tuberculosis means the occupational exposure of an employee to anyone with a known case of
active tuberculosis if the employee subsequently develops a tuberculosis infection, as evidenced by a positive skin
test or diagnosis by a physician or other licensed health care professional, even if the case does not meet one of the
general reporting criteria.
Privacy concern case is any occupational injury or illness in the following list:
(1) Any injury or illness to an intimate body part or the reproductive system;
(2) An injury or illness resulting from a sexual assault;
(3) Mental illnesses;
(4) HIV infection, hepatitis, or tuberculosis;
(5) Needlestick and sharps injuries; and
(6) Other injuries or illnesses, if the employee independently and voluntarily requests in writing to the railroad
reporting officer that his or her injury or illness not be posted.
Person includes all categories of entities covered under 1 U.S.C. 1, including, but not limited to, a railroad; any
manager, supervisor, official, or other employee or agent of a railroad; any owner, manufacturer, lessor, or lessee of
railroad equipment, track, or facilities; any passenger; any trespasser or nontrespasser; any independent contractor
providing goods or services to a railroad; any volunteer providing goods or services to a railroad; and any employee
of such owner, manufacturer, lessor, lessee, or independent contractor.
Qualified health care professional is a health care professional operating within the scope of his or her license,
registration, or certification. In addition to licensed physicians, the term includes members of other occupations
associated with patient care and treatment such as chiropractors, podiatrists, physicians assistants, psychologists,
and dentists.
Railroad means a railroad carrier.
Railroad carrier means a person providing railroad transportation.
Railroad transportation means any form of non-highway ground transportation that run on rails or electromagnetic guideways, including commuter or other short-haul railroad passenger service in a metropolitan or
suburban area, as well as any commuter railroad service that was operated by the Consolidated Rail Corporation as
of January 1, 1979, and high speed ground transportation systems that connect metropolitan areas, without regard to
whether they use new technologies not associated with traditional railroads. Such term does not include rapid transit
operations within an urban area that are not connected to the general railroad system of transportation.
Significant aggravation of a pre-existing injury or illness means aggravation of a pre-existing injury or illness
that is discernably caused by an event or exposure arising from the operation of a railroad that results in:
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(1) With respect to any person:
(i) Death, provided that the pre-existing injury or illness would likely not have resulted in death but
for the event or exposure;
(ii) Loss of consciousness, provided that the pre-existing injury or illness would likely not have
resulted in loss of consciousness but for the event or exposure; or
(iii) Medical treatment in a case where no medical treatment was needed for the injury or illness
before the event or exposure, or a change in the course of medical treatment that was being
provided before the event or exposure.
(2) With respect to a railroad employee, one or more days away from work, or days of restricted work, or
days of job transfer that otherwise would not have occurred but for the event or exposure.
Significant change in the damage costs for reportable rail equipment accidents/incidents means at least a tenpercent variance between the damage amount reported to FRA and current cost figures.
Significant change in the number of reportable days away from work or days restricted means at least a tenpercent variance in the number of actual reportable days away from work or days restricted compared to the
number of days already reported.
Significant illness means an illness involving cancer or a chronic irreversible disease such as byssinosis or
silicosis, if the disease does not result in death, a day away from work, restricted work, job transfer, medical
treatment, or loss of consciousness.
Significant injury means an injury involving a fractured or cracked bone or a punctured eardrum, if the injury
does not result in death, a day away from work, restricted work, job transfer, medical treatment, or loss of
consciousness.
Suicide data means data regarding the death of an individual due to the individual’s commission of suicide as
determined by a coroner, public police officer or other public authority or injury to an individual due to that
individual’s attempted commission of suicide as determined by a public police office or other public authority.
Only the death of, or injury to, the individual who committed the suicidal act is suicide data. Therefore, casualties
to a person caused by the suicidal act of another person are not considered suicide data.
Train accident means any collision, derailment, fire, explosion, act of God, or other event involving operation of
railroad on-track equipment (standing or moving) that results in damages greater than the current reporting
threshold to railroad on-track equipment, signals, track, track structures, and roadbed.
Train incident means any event involving the movement of on-track equipment that results in a reportable

or, on easements of private property, that portion of a street that is paved or improved and intended for use by

pedestrians.

Injury or illness means an abnormal condition or disorder. Injuries include cases such as, but not limited to, a

cut, fracture, sprain, or amputation. Illnesses include both acute and chronic illnesses, such as but not limited to, a

skin disease, respiratory disorder, or poisoning. A musculoskeletal disorder is also an injury or illness. Pain is an

injury or illness when it is sufficiently severe to meet the general reporting criteria listed in § 225.19(d)(1) through

(6).

Joint operations means rail operations conducted on a track used jointly or in common by two or more railroads

subject to this part or operation of a train, locomotive, car, or other on-track equipment by one railroad over the

track of another railroad.

Medical removal means medical removal under the medical surveillance requirements of the Occupational Safety

and Health Administration standard in 29 CFR part 1910 in effect during calendar year 2002, even if the case does

not meet one of the general reporting criteria.

Medical treatment means any medical care or treatment beyond “first aid” regardless of who provides such

treatment. Medical treatment does not include diagnostic procedures, such as X-rays and drawing blood samples.

Medical treatment also does not include counseling.

Musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) means a disorder of the muscles, nerves, tendons, ligaments, joints, cartilage,

and spinal discs. The term does not include disorders caused by slips, trips, falls, motor vehicle accidents, or other

similar accidents. Examples of MSDs include: Carpal tunnel syndrome, Rotator cuff syndrome, De Quervain's

disease, Trigger finger, Tarsal tunnel syndrome, Sciatica, Epicondylitis, Tendinitis, Raynaud's phenomenon, Carpet

layers knee, Herniated spinal disc, and Low back pain.

Needlestick or sharps injury means a cut, laceration, puncture, or scratch from a needle or other sharp object that

involves contamination with another person's blood or other potentially infectious material, even if the case does

not meet one of the general reporting criteria.

New case means a case in which either the injured or ill person has not previously experienced a reported injury

or illness of the same type that affects the same part of the body, or the injured or ill person previously experienced

a reported injury or illness of the same type that affected the same part of the body but had recovered completely

(all signs and/or symptoms disappeared) from the previous injury or illness, and an event or exposure arising from

the operation of a railroad discernably caused the signs and/or symptoms to reappear.

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Non-train incident means an event that results in a reportable casualty, but does not involve the movement of ontrack equipment nor cause reportable damage above the threshold established for train accidents.

Occupational hearing loss means a diagnosis of occupational hearing loss by a physician or other licensed health

care professional, where the employee's audiogram reveals a work-related Standard Threshold Shift (STS) (i.e., at

least a 10-decibel change in hearing threshold, relative to the baseline audiogram for that employee) in hearing in

one or both ears, and the employee's total hearing level is 25 decibels or more above audiometric zero (averaged at

2000, 3000, and 4000 Hz) in the same ear(s) as the STS.

Occupational illness means any abnormal condition or disorder, as diagnosed by a physician or other licensed

health care professional, of any person who falls under the definition for the classification of Worker on Duty--

Employee, other than one resulting from injury, discernably caused by an environmental factor associated with the

person's railroad employment, including, but not limited to, acute or chronic illnesses or diseases that may be

caused by inhalation, absorption, ingestion, or direct contact.

Occupational tuberculosis means the occupational exposure of an employee to anyone with a known case of

active tuberculosis if the employee subsequently develops a tuberculosis infection, as evidenced by a positive skin

test or diagnosis by a physician or other licensed health care professional, even if the case does not meet one of the

general reporting criteria.

Privacy concern case is any occupational injury or illness in the following list:

(1) Any injury or illness to an intimate body part or the reproductive system;

(2) An injury or illness resulting from a sexual assault;

(3) Mental illnesses;

(4) HIV infection, hepatitis, or tuberculosis;

(5) Needlestick and sharps injuries; and

(6) Other injuries or illnesses, if the employee independently and voluntarily requests in writing to the railroad

reporting officer that his or her injury or illness not be posted.

Person includes all categories of entities covered under 1 U.S.C. 1, including, but not limited to, a railroad; any

manager, supervisor, official, or other employee or agent of a railroad; any owner, manufacturer, lessor, or lessee of

railroad equipment, track, or facilities; any passenger; any trespasser or nontrespasser; any independent contractor

providing goods or services to a railroad; any volunteer providing goods or services to a railroad; and any employee

of such owner, manufacturer, lessor, lessee, or independent contractor.

Qualified health care professional is a health care professional operating within the scope of his or her license,

registration, or certification. In addition to licensed physicians, the term includes members of other occupations

associated with patient care and treatment such as chiropractors, podiatrists, physicians assistants, psychologists,

and dentists.

Railroad means a railroad carrier.

Railroad carrier means a person providing railroad transportation.

Railroad transportation means any form of non-highway ground transportation that run on rails or electromagnetic guideways, including commuter or other short-haul railroad passenger service in a metropolitan or

suburban area, as well as any commuter railroad service that was operated by the Consolidated Rail Corporation as

of January 1, 1979, and high speed ground transportation systems that connect metropolitan areas, without regard to

whether they use new technologies not associated with traditional railroads. Such term does not include rapid transit

operations within an urban area that are not connected to the general railroad system of transportation.

Significant aggravation of a pre-existing injury or illness means aggravation of a pre-existing injury or illness

that is discernably caused by an event or exposure arising from the operation of a railroad that results in:

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(1) With respect to any person:

(i) Death, provided that the pre-existing injury or illness would likely not have resulted in death but

for the event or exposure;

(ii) Loss of consciousness, provided that the pre-existing injury or illness would likely not have

resulted in loss of consciousness but for the event or exposure; or

(iii) Medical treatment in a case where no medical treatment was needed for the injury or illness

before the event or exposure, or a change in the course of medical treatment that was being

provided before the event or exposure.

(2) With respect to a railroad employee, one or more days away from work, or days of restricted work, or

days of job transfer that otherwise would not have occurred but for the event or exposure.

Significant change in the damage costs for reportable rail equipment accidents/incidents means at least a tenpercent variance between the damage amount reported to FRA and current cost figures.

Significant change in the number of reportable days away from work or days restricted means at least a tenpercent variance in the number of actual reportable days away from work or days restricted compared to the

number of days already reported.

Significant illness means an illness involving cancer or a chronic irreversible disease such as byssinosis or

silicosis, if the disease does not result in death, a day away from work, restricted work, job transfer, medical

treatment, or loss of consciousness.

Significant injury means an injury involving a fractured or cracked bone or a punctured eardrum, if the injury

does not result in death, a day away from work, restricted work, job transfer, medical treatment, or loss of

consciousness.

Suicide data means data regarding the death of an individual due to the individual’s commission of suicide as

determined by a coroner, public police officer or other public authority or injury to an individual due to that

individual’s attempted commission of suicide as determined by a public police office or other public authority.

Only the death of, or injury to, the individual who committed the suicidal act is suicide data. Therefore, casualties

to a person caused by the suicidal act of another person are not considered suicide data.

Train accident means any collision, derailment, fire, explosion, act of God, or other event involving operation of

railroad on-track equipment (standing or moving) that results in damages greater than the current reporting

threshold to railroad on-track equipment, signals, track, track structures, and roadbed.

Train incident means any event involving the movement of on-track equipment that results in a reportable