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EMU Locomotive. An electric multiple-unit operated locomotive:
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(1) With one or more propelling motors designed to carry freight or passenger traffic or
both; or
(2) Without propelling motors but with one or more control stands.
Note: An EMU locomotive is to be counted as a car and not as a locomotive unit in the Rail
Equipment Accident/Incident Report.
See special instructions in Chapter 7 when reporting DMUs, EMUs, or cab car locomotives.
Motorcar. A self-propelled unit of equipment designed to carry freight or passenger traffic.
(Does not include track motor cars or similar work equipment.)
Train. For purposes of accident/incident reporting, a train is a locomotive or locomotives
coupled with or without cars, and with or without markers displayed. This definition
includes trains consisting entirely of self-propelled units designed to carry passengers, freight
traffic, or both.
Yard Switching Trains. Trains operated primarily within yards for the purpose of switching
other equipment. Examples include the making up or breaking up of trains, service industrial
tracks within yard limits, storing or classifying cars, and other similar operations.
Note: Switching performed by a road crew that is incidental to the road operation is not
included.
Work train. Work trains are non-revenue trains used for the administration and upkeep
service of the railroad. Examples are: official trains, inspection trains, special trains running
with a company fire apparatus to save the railroad’s property from destruction, trains that
transport the railroad’s employees to and from work when no transportation charge is made,
construction and upkeep trains run in connection with maintenance and improvement work,
and material and supply trains run in connection with operations.
Passenger Station Platform Gap. The horizontal space between the edge of the passenger
boarding platform and the edge of the rail car door threshold plate, and the vertical difference
from the top of the passenger boarding platform and the top of the rail car threshold.
Passenger Station Platform Gap Incident. A reportable injury involving a person who, while
involved in the process of boarding or alighting a passenger train at a rail car door threshold plate
at a high-level passenger boarding platform (i.e., a platform that is 48" or more above the top of
the rail), has one or more body parts enter the area between the carbody and the edge of the
platform or traveling between passenger cars. The following are examples of a Passenger
Station Platform Gap Incident:
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• While boarding or alighting a passenger train at a high-level passenger boarding platform
a person misjudges the passenger station platform gap, resulting in the person’s leg
entering the passenger station platform gap.
• While boarding or alighting a passenger train at a high-level passenger boarding
platform, a person is struck by a closing door, resulting in the person’s leg entering the
passenger station platform gap.
The following are not examples of a passenger station platform gap incident:
• While boarding or alighting a passenger train at a high-level passenger boarding
platform, a person misjudges the gap and falls into the vestibule or platform, without a
body part entering the gap.
• While walking on a passenger station at a high-level passenger boarding platform, a
person slips on the platform, at a location other than the rail car door threshold, resulting
in the person’s leg entering the gap.
Passenger station platform gap injuries usually occur when the high-level platform station is
concave, convex, or there is misalignment between the platform and passenger car, or when a
person is traveling between cars and has one or more body parts enter the area between the cars.
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.
Prescription Medication. Substances whose availability and distribution are controlled by
registered medical professionals such as doctors, pharmacists, or nurses, and that are
manufactured and packaged with the legend: “Caution–Federal Law Prohibits Dispensing
Without Prescription,” or a similar warning.
Physician or Other Licensed Health Care Professional (PLHCP). A healthcare professional
operating within the scope of his or her license, registration, or certification. In addition to
licensed physicians, the term “Other Licensed Health Care Professional” includes members of
other occupations associated with patient care and treatment, such as chiropractors, podiatrists,
physician’s assistants, psychologists, and dentists.
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Remote Controlled Locomotive (RCL). This term refers to on-track rail equipment that is
controlled by an employee or contractor using a remote transmitter/receiver designed to control
the locomotive, maintenance machine, or other type of self-propelled on-track rail equipment.
Special coding instructions are to be used when casualties to persons, rail equipment
accidents/incidents, and highway-rail grade crossing accidents/incidents occur when an RCL is
in use.
Tracks and Types of Tracks.
Main Track. A track, other than an auxiliary track, extending through yards or between
stations, upon which trains are operated by timetable or train order or both, or the use of
which is governed by a signal system.
Industry Track. A switching track, or series of tracks, serving the needs of a commercial
industry other than a railroad.
Siding. A track auxiliary to the main track used for meeting or passing trains.
Yard Track. A system of tracks within defined limits used for the making up or breaking up
of trains, for the storage of cars, and for other purposes over which movements not
authorized by timetable or by train order may be made, subject to prescribed signals, rules or
other special instructions. Sidings and industry tracks are not included, nor is main line
within yard limits.
Vehicle. Includes automobiles, buses, trucks, motorcycles, bicycles, farm vehicles, and all other
modes of surface transportation, motorized and unmotorized.
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F 6180.55
3. Form FRA F 6180.55 - Railroad Injury and Illness Summary
3.1 Requirement

Form FRA F 6180.55, titled “Railroad Injury and Illness Summary,” is used to summarize a

EMU Locomotive. An electric multiple-unit operated locomotive:

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Definitions

(1) With one or more propelling motors designed to carry freight or passenger traffic or

both; or

(2) Without propelling motors but with one or more control stands.

Note: An EMU locomotive is to be counted as a car and not as a locomotive unit in the Rail

Equipment Accident/Incident Report.

See special instructions in Chapter 7 when reporting DMUs, EMUs, or cab car locomotives.

Motorcar. A self-propelled unit of equipment designed to carry freight or passenger traffic.

(Does not include track motor cars or similar work equipment.)

Train. For purposes of accident/incident reporting, a train is a locomotive or locomotives

coupled with or without cars, and with or without markers displayed. This definition

includes trains consisting entirely of self-propelled units designed to carry passengers, freight

traffic, or both.

Yard Switching Trains. Trains operated primarily within yards for the purpose of switching

other equipment. Examples include the making up or breaking up of trains, service industrial

tracks within yard limits, storing or classifying cars, and other similar operations.

Note: Switching performed by a road crew that is incidental to the road operation is not

included.

Work train. Work trains are non-revenue trains used for the administration and upkeep

service of the railroad. Examples are: official trains, inspection trains, special trains running

with a company fire apparatus to save the railroad’s property from destruction, trains that

transport the railroad’s employees to and from work when no transportation charge is made,

construction and upkeep trains run in connection with maintenance and improvement work,

and material and supply trains run in connection with operations.

Passenger Station Platform Gap. The horizontal space between the edge of the passenger

boarding platform and the edge of the rail car door threshold plate, and the vertical difference

from the top of the passenger boarding platform and the top of the rail car threshold.

Passenger Station Platform Gap Incident. A reportable injury involving a person who, while

involved in the process of boarding or alighting a passenger train at a rail car door threshold plate

at a high-level passenger boarding platform (i.e., a platform that is 48" or more above the top of

the rail), has one or more body parts enter the area between the carbody and the edge of the

platform or traveling between passenger cars. The following are examples of a Passenger

Station Platform Gap Incident:

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• While boarding or alighting a passenger train at a high-level passenger boarding platform

a person misjudges the passenger station platform gap, resulting in the person’s leg

entering the passenger station platform gap.

• While boarding or alighting a passenger train at a high-level passenger boarding

platform, a person is struck by a closing door, resulting in the person’s leg entering the

passenger station platform gap.

The following are not examples of a passenger station platform gap incident:

• While boarding or alighting a passenger train at a high-level passenger boarding

platform, a person misjudges the gap and falls into the vestibule or platform, without a

body part entering the gap.

• While walking on a passenger station at a high-level passenger boarding platform, a

person slips on the platform, at a location other than the rail car door threshold, resulting

in the person’s leg entering the gap.

Passenger station platform gap injuries usually occur when the high-level platform station is

concave, convex, or there is misalignment between the platform and passenger car, or when a

person is traveling between cars and has one or more body parts enter the area between the cars.

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.

Prescription Medication. Substances whose availability and distribution are controlled by

registered medical professionals such as doctors, pharmacists, or nurses, and that are

manufactured and packaged with the legend: “Caution–Federal Law Prohibits Dispensing

Without Prescription,” or a similar warning.

Physician or Other Licensed Health Care Professional (PLHCP). A healthcare professional

operating within the scope of his or her license, registration, or certification. In addition to

licensed physicians, the term “Other Licensed Health Care Professional” includes members of

other occupations associated with patient care and treatment, such as chiropractors, podiatrists,

physician’s assistants, psychologists, and dentists.

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Remote Controlled Locomotive (RCL). This term refers to on-track rail equipment that is

controlled by an employee or contractor using a remote transmitter/receiver designed to control

the locomotive, maintenance machine, or other type of self-propelled on-track rail equipment.

Special coding instructions are to be used when casualties to persons, rail equipment

accidents/incidents, and highway-rail grade crossing accidents/incidents occur when an RCL is

in use.

Tracks and Types of Tracks.

Main Track. A track, other than an auxiliary track, extending through yards or between

stations, upon which trains are operated by timetable or train order or both, or the use of

which is governed by a signal system.

Industry Track. A switching track, or series of tracks, serving the needs of a commercial

industry other than a railroad.

Siding. A track auxiliary to the main track used for meeting or passing trains.

Yard Track. A system of tracks within defined limits used for the making up or breaking up

of trains, for the storage of cars, and for other purposes over which movements not

authorized by timetable or by train order may be made, subject to prescribed signals, rules or

other special instructions. Sidings and industry tracks are not included, nor is main line

within yard limits.

Vehicle. Includes automobiles, buses, trucks, motorcycles, bicycles, farm vehicles, and all other

modes of surface transportation, motorized and unmotorized.

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F 6180.55

3. Form FRA F 6180.55 - Railroad Injury and Illness Summary

3.1 Requirement

Form FRA F 6180.55, titled “Railroad Injury and Illness Summary,” is used to summarize a