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section are met.
(1) The injury or illness involves signs or symptoms that surface at work but result solely
from a non-work-related event or exposure that occurs outside the work environment;
FRA Guide for Preparing Accident/Incident Reports
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F 6180.55a
(2) The injury or illness results solely from voluntary participation in a wellness program
or in a medical, fitness, or recreational activity such as blood donation, physical examination, flu
vaccination shot, exercise class, racquetball, or baseball;
(3) The injury or illness is solely the result of an employee eating, drinking, or preparing
food or drink for personal consumption. Note: However, if the employee is made ill by ingesting
food contaminated by workplace contaminants (such as lead), or gets food poisoning from food
supplied by the employer, the case would be considered reportable if the case meets the general
reporting criteria set forth at §225.19(d)(1)-(d)(6), and reported as either a Worker on Duty –
Employee (Class A) or Employee not on Duty (Class B) depending on the employee’s duty
status;
(4) The injury or illness is solely the result of an employee doing personal tasks
(unrelated to their employment) at the establishment outside of the employee’s assigned working
hours;
(5) The injury or illness is solely the result of personal grooming, self medication for a
non-work-related condition, or is intentionally self-inflicted (except that for FRA reporting
purposes a railroad shall not exclude an accountable or reportable injury or illness that is the
result of a suicide or attempted suicide);
(6) The illness is the common cold or flu (Note: contagious diseases such as tuberculosis,
brucellosis, hepatitis A, or plague are considered work-related if the employee is infected at
work); or
(7) The illness is a mental illness. Mental illness will not be considered work-related
unless the employee voluntarily provides the employer with an opinion from a physician or other
licensed health care professional with appropriate training and experience (psychiatrist,
psychologist, psychiatric nurse practitioner, etc.) stating that the employee has a mental illness
that is work-related.
(d) Contractors and volunteers. A railroad is not to report injuries to contractors and
volunteers that are listed in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section. For purposes of this paragraph
only, an exception listed in paragraphs (b) and (c) referencing “work environment” is construed
to mean for contractors and volunteers only, on property owned, leased, operated over or
maintained by the railroad for railroad operations.
(e) Rail equipment accident/incidents. The following exceptions do not impact the
railroad’s obligation to maintain records of accidents/incidents as required by § 225.25 (Form
FRA F 6180.97, “Initial Rail Equipment Accident/Incident Record”), as applicable. A railroad is
not to report the following rail equipment accidents/incidents:
(1) Cars derailed on industry tracks by non-railroad employees or non-railroad employee
vandalism, providing there is no involvement of railroad employees; and
(2) Damage to out of service cars resulting from high water or flooding (e.g., empties
placed on a storage or repair track). This exception does not apply if such cars are placed into a
moving consist and as a result of this damage a reportable rail equipment accident results.
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F 6180.55a
6.3 Suicide Data
Suicides and attempted suicides are no longer exceptions to FRA’s reporting requirements and
must be reported to FRA as “suicide data” on Form FRA 6180.55a when the casualty meets the
general reporting criteria. Therefore, a railroad must evaluate the injury or fatality to determine
whether it needs to create a report. Although self-inflicted wounds not inflicted for the purpose
of committing suicide are still excluded (i.e., an employee intentionally cuts his hand without
intending to kill himself). See § 225.15(c)(5).
Suicide data is data regarding the death of an individual due to that 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 officer or other public authority. A railroad police officer is not considered a public police
officer within the meaning of the term. A public authority is a Federal, State, or local
governmental agency with the legal authority to declare a casualty a suicide or an attempted
suicide. Only the death of or injury to the individual who committed the suicidal act is
considered to be suicide data. Therefore, an injury or fatality caused to a person by another
person who committed suicide or attempted to commit suicide is not suicide data. For example,
if the impact between the railroad on-track equipment and a highway user occurred because the
highway user committed or attempted to commit suicide (as determined by a coroner, public
police officer, or other public authority), the death of or injury to that highway user must be
reported to FRA.
A railroad may accept verbal confirmation from the coroner, public police officer, or other public
authority of the cause of the fatality or injury. Where a railroad receives verbal confirmation, it
must document that confirmation in writing and create an audit trail so that FRA may confirm
the cause of the casualty at a later time. The audit trail should include, but is not limited to,
documentation of the name of the public police officer, coroner, or other public authority
determining cause of death, his or her title, the date of confirmation, for whom the individual
works, and the individual’s telephone number and mailing address.
When appropriate, railroads must report suicide data on Forms FRA F 6180.55a, FRA F
6180.54, and FRA F 6180.57, as follows:
1. Form FRA F 6180.55a–Place an “X” representative of “suicide or attempted suicide” in
Block 5r.
2. Form FRA F 6180.54–Place the following Miscellaneous Cause Codes, as applicable, in
Block 38: (a) Code M309 “Suicide (Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Accident)”; (b) Code
M310 “Attempted Suicide (Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Accident)”; (c) Code M509
“Suicide (Other Misc.)”; and (d) Code M510 “Attempted Suicide (Other Misc.).” These
codes can be found in Appendix C, “Train Accident Cause Codes” to this Guide.
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F 6180.55a
3. Form FRA F 6180.57–Mark in Block 41, “Driver Action,” the selection for “Suicide or
Attempted Suicide.” Include the suicides and attempted suicides in the casualty counts in
Blocks 46, 49, and 52, as applicable.
When applicable, railroads must record/report suicide data on the below forms as follows:
1. Form FRA F 6180.97: A railroad shall include casualties that result from suicides and
attempted suicides in the casualty count. In addition, where an accountable or reportable
rail equipment accident/incident is caused by a suicide or attempted suicide, the railroad
shall indicate that fact in the narrative field.
2. Form FRA F 6180.98: A railroad must indicate in the narrative section that the
accountable or reportable injury or fatality resulted from the person’s suicidal act.
In addition, railroads must include suicide data in the casualty count on Form FRA F 6180.55.
FRA will maintain suicide data in a database that is not publically accessible. FRA will
not include suicide data (as defined in § 225.5) in its periodic summaries of data on the

section are met.

(1) The injury or illness involves signs or symptoms that surface at work but result solely

from a non-work-related event or exposure that occurs outside the work environment;

FRA Guide for Preparing Accident/Incident Reports

47

F 6180.55a

(2) The injury or illness results solely from voluntary participation in a wellness program

or in a medical, fitness, or recreational activity such as blood donation, physical examination, flu

vaccination shot, exercise class, racquetball, or baseball;

(3) The injury or illness is solely the result of an employee eating, drinking, or preparing

food or drink for personal consumption. Note: However, if the employee is made ill by ingesting

food contaminated by workplace contaminants (such as lead), or gets food poisoning from food

supplied by the employer, the case would be considered reportable if the case meets the general

reporting criteria set forth at §225.19(d)(1)-(d)(6), and reported as either a Worker on Duty –

Employee (Class A) or Employee not on Duty (Class B) depending on the employee’s duty

status;

(4) The injury or illness is solely the result of an employee doing personal tasks

(unrelated to their employment) at the establishment outside of the employee’s assigned working

hours;

(5) The injury or illness is solely the result of personal grooming, self medication for a

non-work-related condition, or is intentionally self-inflicted (except that for FRA reporting

purposes a railroad shall not exclude an accountable or reportable injury or illness that is the

result of a suicide or attempted suicide);

(6) The illness is the common cold or flu (Note: contagious diseases such as tuberculosis,

brucellosis, hepatitis A, or plague are considered work-related if the employee is infected at

work); or

(7) The illness is a mental illness. Mental illness will not be considered work-related

unless the employee voluntarily provides the employer with an opinion from a physician or other

licensed health care professional with appropriate training and experience (psychiatrist,

psychologist, psychiatric nurse practitioner, etc.) stating that the employee has a mental illness

that is work-related.

(d) Contractors and volunteers. A railroad is not to report injuries to contractors and

volunteers that are listed in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section. For purposes of this paragraph

only, an exception listed in paragraphs (b) and (c) referencing “work environment” is construed

to mean for contractors and volunteers only, on property owned, leased, operated over or

maintained by the railroad for railroad operations.

(e) Rail equipment accident/incidents. The following exceptions do not impact the

railroad’s obligation to maintain records of accidents/incidents as required by § 225.25 (Form

FRA F 6180.97, “Initial Rail Equipment Accident/Incident Record”), as applicable. A railroad is

not to report the following rail equipment accidents/incidents:

(1) Cars derailed on industry tracks by non-railroad employees or non-railroad employee

vandalism, providing there is no involvement of railroad employees; and

(2) Damage to out of service cars resulting from high water or flooding (e.g., empties

placed on a storage or repair track). This exception does not apply if such cars are placed into a

moving consist and as a result of this damage a reportable rail equipment accident results.

FRA Guide for Preparing Accident/Incident Reports

48

F 6180.55a

6.3 Suicide Data

Suicides and attempted suicides are no longer exceptions to FRA’s reporting requirements and

must be reported to FRA as “suicide data” on Form FRA 6180.55a when the casualty meets the

general reporting criteria. Therefore, a railroad must evaluate the injury or fatality to determine

whether it needs to create a report. Although self-inflicted wounds not inflicted for the purpose

of committing suicide are still excluded (i.e., an employee intentionally cuts his hand without

intending to kill himself). See § 225.15(c)(5).

Suicide data is data regarding the death of an individual due to that 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 officer or other public authority. A railroad police officer is not considered a public police

officer within the meaning of the term. A public authority is a Federal, State, or local

governmental agency with the legal authority to declare a casualty a suicide or an attempted

suicide. Only the death of or injury to the individual who committed the suicidal act is

considered to be suicide data. Therefore, an injury or fatality caused to a person by another

person who committed suicide or attempted to commit suicide is not suicide data. For example,

if the impact between the railroad on-track equipment and a highway user occurred because the

highway user committed or attempted to commit suicide (as determined by a coroner, public

police officer, or other public authority), the death of or injury to that highway user must be

reported to FRA.

A railroad may accept verbal confirmation from the coroner, public police officer, or other public

authority of the cause of the fatality or injury. Where a railroad receives verbal confirmation, it

must document that confirmation in writing and create an audit trail so that FRA may confirm

the cause of the casualty at a later time. The audit trail should include, but is not limited to,

documentation of the name of the public police officer, coroner, or other public authority

determining cause of death, his or her title, the date of confirmation, for whom the individual

works, and the individual’s telephone number and mailing address.

When appropriate, railroads must report suicide data on Forms FRA F 6180.55a, FRA F

6180.54, and FRA F 6180.57, as follows:

1. Form FRA F 6180.55a–Place an “X” representative of “suicide or attempted suicide” in

Block 5r.

2. Form FRA F 6180.54–Place the following Miscellaneous Cause Codes, as applicable, in

Block 38: (a) Code M309 “Suicide (Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Accident)”; (b) Code

M310 “Attempted Suicide (Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Accident)”; (c) Code M509

“Suicide (Other Misc.)”; and (d) Code M510 “Attempted Suicide (Other Misc.).” These

codes can be found in Appendix C, “Train Accident Cause Codes” to this Guide.

FRA Guide for Preparing Accident/Incident Reports

49

F 6180.55a

3. Form FRA F 6180.57–Mark in Block 41, “Driver Action,” the selection for “Suicide or

Attempted Suicide.” Include the suicides and attempted suicides in the casualty counts in

Blocks 46, 49, and 52, as applicable.

When applicable, railroads must record/report suicide data on the below forms as follows:

1. Form FRA F 6180.97: A railroad shall include casualties that result from suicides and

attempted suicides in the casualty count. In addition, where an accountable or reportable

rail equipment accident/incident is caused by a suicide or attempted suicide, the railroad

shall indicate that fact in the narrative field.

2. Form FRA F 6180.98: A railroad must indicate in the narrative section that the

accountable or reportable injury or fatality resulted from the person’s suicidal act.

In addition, railroads must include suicide data in the casualty count on Form FRA F 6180.55.

FRA will maintain suicide data in a database that is not publically accessible. FRA will

not include suicide data (as defined in § 225.5) in its periodic summaries of data on the