(a) Each railroad subject to this part shall submit to FRA a monthly report of all railroad accidents/incidents described below:
(1) Highway-rail grade crossing accidents/incidents described in § 225.19;
(2) Rail equipment accidents/incidents described in § 225.19; and
(3) Death, injury and occupational illness accidents/incidents described in § 225.19.
(b) The report shall be made on the forms prescribed in § 225.21 in hard copy or, alternatively, by means of optical media or electronic submission via the Internet, as prescribed in § 225.37, and shall be submitted within 30 days after expiration of the month during which the accidents/incidents occurred. Reports shall be completed as required by the current FRA Guide. A copy of the FRA Guide may be obtained from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Safety Analysis, RRS-22, Mail Stop 25 West Building 3rd Floor, Room W33-107, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590 or downloaded from FRA's Office of Safety Analysis Web site at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/officeofsafety/, and click on “Click Here for Changes in Railroad Accident/Incident Recordkeeping and Reporting.”
[75 FR 68905, Nov. 9, 2010]
Notes of Decisions
Grand Trunk W. R.R. v. United States Dep't, 875 F.3d 821 (6th Cir. 2017).
· cites it 2× “See 49 C.F.R. §§ 225.11 , 225.19(d). The reporting processes require each railroad to implement an Internal Control Plan (“ICP”) to help ensure complete and accurate reporting of on-the-job injuries; ICPs must address intimidation and harassment calculated to prevent or…”
S. Pac. Transp. Co. v. Redden, 458 F. Supp. 593 (D. Or. 1978).
· cites it 2× “§ 38 and 49 C.F.R. § 225.11 (a) require the Railroads to make monthly reports of accidents, including in the reports the nature, causes and circumstances of the accidents.”
Smith-Bunge v. Wisconsin Cent., Ltd., 60 F. Supp. 3d 1034 (D. Minnesota 2014).
“See 49 C.F.R. §§ 225.11 , 225.13. For all of these reasons, Central’s decision to discipline Smith for untimely reporting of his 2012 injury constitutes a violation of the FRSA.”
California State Legislative Bd. v. Mineta, 272 F.3d 1169 (9th Cir. 2001).
“PROCEEDINGS On April 17, 2000, the Union sent a complaint letter to the FRA claiming that the SJVR and its officials violated 49 C.F.R. § 225.11 by harassing and intimidating Eden and Starr.”
Nelson v. Grand Trunk W. R.R. Co. (E.D. Mich. 2020).
· cites it 2× “; see also 49 C.F.R. § 225.11 (b) (“Reports shall be completed as required by the current FRA Guide”); 49 C.”
Assn. of Irritated Residents v. Kern Cnty. Bd. etc. (Cal. Ct. App. 2017).
“( 49 C.F.R. § 225.11 , 39. subd. (a).) Railroad accidents and incidents are divided into three major groups for reporting purposes—train accidents, highway-rail grade crossing incidents, and other incidents involving death, injury or occupational illness.”
Barbero v. CSX Transp., 2025 NY Slip Op 07257 (N.Y. App. Div. 2025).
“regulation provides that the accident report must be submitted within 30 days after the expiration of the month in which the accident happened and, here, the accident occurred, according to plaintiff, on July 20, 2018, and the report is dated August 9, 2018, well before the…”
Barbero v. CSX Transp., 2025 NY Slip Op 07257 (N.Y. App. Div. 2025).
“regulation provides that the accident report must be submitted within 30 days after the expiration of the month in which the accident happened and, here, the accident occurred, according to plaintiff, on July 20, 2018, and the report is dated August 9, 2018, well before the…”
Ratledge v. Norfolk S. Ry. Co., 958 F. Supp. 2d 827 (E.D. Tenn. 2013).
“, and when it did not document the injury on its required monthly report, see 49 C.F.R. § 225.11 . Plaintiff filed a personal injury suit against NSR and Bull Moose in the Circuit Court of Hamilton County on August 26, 2010, asserting some of the claims alleged in this case.”
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