Federal Railroad Administration AccidentIncident Reporting NPRM 2008 Railroad

Federal Railroad Administration Accident/Incident Reporting NPRM 2008 Railroad Safety Advisory Committee September 10, 2008

Highlights • Published 9/9/08 and distributed by e-mail • Reporting guide amendments posted to FRA web site • Hearing requests by 10/9/08 • Comments NLT 11/10/08 • If we can finalize this year for next, we will try to do so 2

Highlights Important items to look for: • Suicide data and trespass data partitioned • Suicide data to be segregated and separately displayed in aggregate form, but… • Available for research • Trespass data to reflect only accidental causes to the extent possible 3

Highlights • Further attempt to establish accountability for occupational illnesses and repetitive motion injuries • Work-relatedness remains an expert call on case -by-case basis, but FRA seeks transparency and traceability 4

Highlights Audit response items • Limit NRC calls for fatal events to deaths within 24 hours • Further invitation to enrich circumstance codes for highway-rail crossing accidents Data quality items • Revision of highway-rail crossing codes to more accurately describe pedestrian impacts • Consideration of lat-long requirements 5

Highlights • Consolidation of railroad reporting within a true operating system • Clarification of various terms and requirements • Follow-up to injuries involving members of the public – HIPPA – What is the expected level of effort to determine the nature and extent of the injury? • Minor form revisions, including deletion of notarization 6