U.S.
Federal Railroad Administration
Accident/Incident
Database 1980-2001
Module 2: Railroad
Reportable Injury and Illness Summary (Continuation)
This module of the database contains
information provided by each railroad to the Federal Railroad Administration
on Form F 6180-55a. A railroad uses this form to report any event
connected with the operation of a railroad that results in one or more
of the following consequences:
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Death of a person within 365 calendar days
of the accident/incident;
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Injury to a person, other than a railroad
employee, that requires medical treatment;
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Injury to a railroad employee that requires
medical treatment; results in restriction of work or motion for one or
more work days; the loss of one or more work days; termination of employment;
transfer to another job, or loss of consciousness.
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Any occupational illness of a railroad
employee is reportable when it is diagnosed as being worked-related by
a physician or other qualified health care professional
EXCEPTIONS.
A railroad need not report the following:
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Casualties at highway-rail crossing sites
that do not involve the presence or operation of on-track rail equipment,
or the presence of railroad employees engaged in the operation of a railroad;
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Casualties in or about living quarters
that do not arise from the operation of a railroad.
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Suicides, as determined by a coroner or
other public authority.
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Attempted suicides.
The IGRS database contains the complete
29 fields of data on each of the 576,591 reportable injuries and illnesses
that occurred in the U.S. during the period 1983-2001.
Figure 1: The opening
screen for the "FRA Railroad Reportable Injury and Illness Summary (Continuation)"
module of the database.
Last Updated: 12/27/2001
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