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omission, or physical condition of a specific employee was a primary or contributing cause of the rail equipment
accident/incident, the railroad shall complete part I of Form FRA F 6180.78 to notify each such employee identified
that the railroad has made such allegation and that the employee has the right to submit a statement to FRA. The
railroad shall then submit the entire form, parts I and II, to the employee. The Employee Statement Supplementing
Railroad Accident Report (Employee Supplement) is completely at the option of the employee; however, if the
employee desires to make a statement about the accident that will become part of the railroad's Rail Equipment
Accident/Incident Report, the employee shall complete the Employee Supplement form (part II of Form FRA F
6180.78) and shall then submit the original of the entire form, parts I and II, and any attachments, to FRA and
submit a copy of the same to the railroad that issued the Notice in part I.
(h) Form FRA F 6180.98--Railroad Employee Injury and/or Illness Record. Form FRA F 6180.98 or an alternative
railroad-designed record shall be used by the railroads to record all reportable and accountable injuries and illnesses
to railroad employees for each establishment. This record shall be completed and maintained in accordance with the
requirements set forth in § 225.25.
(i) Form FRA F 6180.97--Initial Rail Equipment Accident/Incident Record. Form FRA F 6180.97 or an alternative
railroad-designed record shall be used by the railroads to record all reportable and accountable rail equipment
accidents/incidents for each establishment. This record shall be completed and maintained in accordance with the
requirements set forth in § 225.25.
(j) Form FRA 6180.107--Alternative Record for Illnesses Claimed To Be Work-Related. Form FRA F 6180.107 or
an alternative railroad-designed record may be used by a railroad in lieu of Form FRA F 6180.98, “Railroad
Employee Injury and/or Illness Record” (described in paragraph (h) of this section), to record each illness claimed
by an employee to be work-related that is reported to the railroad for which there is insufficient information for the
railroad to determine whether the illness is work-related. This record shall be completed and retained in accordance
with the requirements set forth in § 225.25 and § 225.27.
(k) Form FRA F 6180.150 – Highway User Injury Inquiry Form – Form FRA F 6180.150 shall be sent to every
potentially injured highway user, or their representative, involved in a highway-rail grade crossing
accident/incident. If a highway user died as a result of the highway-rail grade crossing accident/incident, a railroad
must not send this form to any person. The railroad shall hand deliver or send by first class mail the letter within a
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reasonable time period following the date of the highway-rail grade crossing accident/incident. The form shall be
sent along with a cover letter and a prepaid preaddressed return envelope. The form and cover letter shall be
completed in accordance with instructions contained in the current “FRA Guide for Preparing Accident/Incident
Reports.” Any response from a highway user is voluntary and not mandatory. A railroad shall use any response
from a highway user to comply with part 225’s accident/incident reporting and recording requirements.
§ 225.23 Joint operations.
(a) Any reportable death, injury, or illness of an employee arising from an accident/incident involving joint
operations must be reported on Form FRA F 6180.55a by the employing railroad.
(b) In all cases involving joint operations, each railroad must report on Form FRA F 6180.55a the casualties to all
persons on its train or other on-track equipment. Casualties to railroad employees must be reported by the
employing railroad regardless of whether the employees were on or off duty. Casualties to all other persons not on
trains or on-track equipment must be reported on Form FRA F 6180.55a by the railroad whose train or equipment is
involved. Any person found unconscious or dead, if such condition arose from the operation of a railroad, on or
adjacent to the premises or right-of-way of the railroad having track maintenance responsibility must be reported by
that railroad on Form FRA F 6180.55a.
(c) In rail equipment accident/incident cases involving joint operations, the railroad responsible for carrying out
repairs to, and maintenance of, the track on which the accident/incident occurred, and any other railroad directly
involved in the accident/incident, each must report the accident/incident on Form FRA F 6180.54.
§ 225.25 Recordkeeping.
(a) Each railroad shall maintain either the Railroad Employee Injury and/or Illness Record (Form FRA F 6180.98)
or an alternative railroad-designed record as described in paragraph (b) of this section of all reportable and
accountable injuries and illnesses of its employees for each railroad establishment where such employees report to
work, including, but not limited to, an operating division, general office, and major installation such as a
locomotive or car repair or construction facility.
(b) The alternative railroad-designed record may be used in lieu of the Railroad Employee Injury and/or Illness
Record (Form FRA F 6180.98) described in paragraph (a) of this section. Any such alternative record shall contain
all of the information required on the Railroad Employee Injury and/or Illness Record. Although this information
may be displayed in a different order from that on the Railroad Employee Injury and/or Illness Record, the order of
the information shall be consistent from one such record to another such record. The order chosen by the railroad
shall be consistent for each of the railroad's reporting establishments. Railroads may list additional information on
the alternative record beyond the information required on the Railroad Employee Injury and/or Illness Record. The
alternative record shall contain, at a minimum, the following information:
(1) Name of railroad;
(2) Case/incident number;
(3) Full name of railroad employee;
(4) Date of birth of railroad employee;
(5) Gender of railroad employee;
(6) Employee identification number;
(7) Date the railroad employee was hired;
(8) Home address of railroad employee; include the street address, city, State, ZIP code, and home
telephone number with area code;
(9) Name of facility where railroad employee normally reports to work;
(10) Address of facility where railroad employee normally reports to work; include the street address, city,
State, and ZIP code;
(11) Job title of railroad employee;
(12) Department assigned;
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(13) Specific site where accident/incident/exposure occurred; include the city, county, State, and ZIP code;
(14) Date and time of occurrence; military time or AM/PM;
(15) Time employee's shift began; military time or AM/PM;
(16) Whether employee was on premises when injury, illness, or condition occurred;
(17) Whether employee was on or off duty;
(18) Date and time when employee notified company personnel of condition; military time or AM/PM;
(19) Name and title of railroad official notified;
(20) Description of the general activity this employee was engaged in prior to the injury/illness/condition;
(21) Description of all factors associated with the case that are pertinent to an understanding of how it
occurred. Include a discussion of the sequence of events leading up to it; and the tools, machinery,
processes, material, environmental conditions, etc., involved;
(22) Description, in detail, of the injury/illness/condition that the employee sustained, including the body
parts affected. If a recurrence, list the date of the last occurrence;
(23) Identification of all persons and organizations used to evaluate or treat the condition, or both. Include
the facility, provider and complete address;
(24) Description of all procedures, medications, therapy, etc., used or recommended for the treatment of the
condition.
(25) Extent and outcome of injury or illness to show the following as applicable:
(i) Fatality--enter date of death;
(ii) Restricted work; number of days; beginning date;
(iii) Occupational illness; date of initial diagnosis;
(iv) Instructions to obtain prescription medication, or receipt of prescription medication;
(v) If one or more days away from work, provide the number of days away and the beginning date;
(vi) Medical treatment beyond ``first aid'';
(vii) Hospitalization for treatment as an inpatient;

omission, or physical condition of a specific employee was a primary or contributing cause of the rail equipment

accident/incident, the railroad shall complete part I of Form FRA F 6180.78 to notify each such employee identified

that the railroad has made such allegation and that the employee has the right to submit a statement to FRA. The

railroad shall then submit the entire form, parts I and II, to the employee. The Employee Statement Supplementing

Railroad Accident Report (Employee Supplement) is completely at the option of the employee; however, if the

employee desires to make a statement about the accident that will become part of the railroad's Rail Equipment

Accident/Incident Report, the employee shall complete the Employee Supplement form (part II of Form FRA F

6180.78) and shall then submit the original of the entire form, parts I and II, and any attachments, to FRA and

submit a copy of the same to the railroad that issued the Notice in part I.

(h) Form FRA F 6180.98--Railroad Employee Injury and/or Illness Record. Form FRA F 6180.98 or an alternative

railroad-designed record shall be used by the railroads to record all reportable and accountable injuries and illnesses

to railroad employees for each establishment. This record shall be completed and maintained in accordance with the

requirements set forth in § 225.25.

(i) Form FRA F 6180.97--Initial Rail Equipment Accident/Incident Record. Form FRA F 6180.97 or an alternative

railroad-designed record shall be used by the railroads to record all reportable and accountable rail equipment

accidents/incidents for each establishment. This record shall be completed and maintained in accordance with the

requirements set forth in § 225.25.

(j) Form FRA 6180.107--Alternative Record for Illnesses Claimed To Be Work-Related. Form FRA F 6180.107 or

an alternative railroad-designed record may be used by a railroad in lieu of Form FRA F 6180.98, “Railroad

Employee Injury and/or Illness Record” (described in paragraph (h) of this section), to record each illness claimed

by an employee to be work-related that is reported to the railroad for which there is insufficient information for the

railroad to determine whether the illness is work-related. This record shall be completed and retained in accordance

with the requirements set forth in § 225.25 and § 225.27.

(k) Form FRA F 6180.150 – Highway User Injury Inquiry Form – Form FRA F 6180.150 shall be sent to every

potentially injured highway user, or their representative, involved in a highway-rail grade crossing

accident/incident. If a highway user died as a result of the highway-rail grade crossing accident/incident, a railroad

must not send this form to any person. The railroad shall hand deliver or send by first class mail the letter within a

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reasonable time period following the date of the highway-rail grade crossing accident/incident. The form shall be

sent along with a cover letter and a prepaid preaddressed return envelope. The form and cover letter shall be

completed in accordance with instructions contained in the current “FRA Guide for Preparing Accident/Incident

Reports.” Any response from a highway user is voluntary and not mandatory. A railroad shall use any response

from a highway user to comply with part 225’s accident/incident reporting and recording requirements.

§ 225.23 Joint operations.

(a) Any reportable death, injury, or illness of an employee arising from an accident/incident involving joint

operations must be reported on Form FRA F 6180.55a by the employing railroad.

(b) In all cases involving joint operations, each railroad must report on Form FRA F 6180.55a the casualties to all

persons on its train or other on-track equipment. Casualties to railroad employees must be reported by the

employing railroad regardless of whether the employees were on or off duty. Casualties to all other persons not on

trains or on-track equipment must be reported on Form FRA F 6180.55a by the railroad whose train or equipment is

involved. Any person found unconscious or dead, if such condition arose from the operation of a railroad, on or

adjacent to the premises or right-of-way of the railroad having track maintenance responsibility must be reported by

that railroad on Form FRA F 6180.55a.

(c) In rail equipment accident/incident cases involving joint operations, the railroad responsible for carrying out

repairs to, and maintenance of, the track on which the accident/incident occurred, and any other railroad directly

involved in the accident/incident, each must report the accident/incident on Form FRA F 6180.54.

§ 225.25 Recordkeeping.

(a) Each railroad shall maintain either the Railroad Employee Injury and/or Illness Record (Form FRA F 6180.98)

or an alternative railroad-designed record as described in paragraph (b) of this section of all reportable and

accountable injuries and illnesses of its employees for each railroad establishment where such employees report to

work, including, but not limited to, an operating division, general office, and major installation such as a

locomotive or car repair or construction facility.

(b) The alternative railroad-designed record may be used in lieu of the Railroad Employee Injury and/or Illness

Record (Form FRA F 6180.98) described in paragraph (a) of this section. Any such alternative record shall contain

all of the information required on the Railroad Employee Injury and/or Illness Record. Although this information

may be displayed in a different order from that on the Railroad Employee Injury and/or Illness Record, the order of

the information shall be consistent from one such record to another such record. The order chosen by the railroad

shall be consistent for each of the railroad's reporting establishments. Railroads may list additional information on

the alternative record beyond the information required on the Railroad Employee Injury and/or Illness Record. The

alternative record shall contain, at a minimum, the following information:

(1) Name of railroad;

(2) Case/incident number;

(3) Full name of railroad employee;

(4) Date of birth of railroad employee;

(5) Gender of railroad employee;

(6) Employee identification number;

(7) Date the railroad employee was hired;

(8) Home address of railroad employee; include the street address, city, State, ZIP code, and home

telephone number with area code;

(9) Name of facility where railroad employee normally reports to work;

(10) Address of facility where railroad employee normally reports to work; include the street address, city,

State, and ZIP code;

(11) Job title of railroad employee;

(12) Department assigned;

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(13) Specific site where accident/incident/exposure occurred; include the city, county, State, and ZIP code;

(14) Date and time of occurrence; military time or AM/PM;

(15) Time employee's shift began; military time or AM/PM;

(16) Whether employee was on premises when injury, illness, or condition occurred;

(17) Whether employee was on or off duty;

(18) Date and time when employee notified company personnel of condition; military time or AM/PM;

(19) Name and title of railroad official notified;

(20) Description of the general activity this employee was engaged in prior to the injury/illness/condition;

(21) Description of all factors associated with the case that are pertinent to an understanding of how it

occurred. Include a discussion of the sequence of events leading up to it; and the tools, machinery,

processes, material, environmental conditions, etc., involved;

(22) Description, in detail, of the injury/illness/condition that the employee sustained, including the body

parts affected. If a recurrence, list the date of the last occurrence;

(23) Identification of all persons and organizations used to evaluate or treat the condition, or both. Include

the facility, provider and complete address;

(24) Description of all procedures, medications, therapy, etc., used or recommended for the treatment of the

condition.

(25) Extent and outcome of injury or illness to show the following as applicable:

(i) Fatality--enter date of death;

(ii) Restricted work; number of days; beginning date;

(iii) Occupational illness; date of initial diagnosis;

(iv) Instructions to obtain prescription medication, or receipt of prescription medication;

(v) If one or more days away from work, provide the number of days away and the beginning date;

(vi) Medical treatment beyond ``first aid'';

(vii) Hospitalization for treatment as an inpatient;