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DOT/FRA RIN: 2130-AB51 Publication ID: Fall 2001 
Title: ●Revision to the Accident/Incident Reporting Regulations and Guide 
Abstract: FRA intends to conform its regulations for accident/incident reporting to revised OSHA regulations, and to make appropriate revisions to the FRA Guide for Preparing Accident/Incident Reports. On January 19, 2001, OSHA published revised regulations for Occupational Injury and Illness Recording and Reporting (66 FR 5965). FRA accident/incident regulations pertaining to occupational injury and illness are patterned after the prior OSHA regulations and must be maintained in general conformity with those regulations to permit compatibility of data and integration of railroad industry data into national statistical databases. OSHA's final rule is intended to become effective on January 1, 2002. Accordingly, FRA needs to revise its own injury codes and narratives, cause codes and narratives, and circumstance codes and narratives (as set forth in the FRA Reporting Guide) as soon as feasible. Minor administrative issues have also arisen since the last general revision of Part 225 on January 1, 1997 that will be considered in relation to possible amendments to the regulations or the Reporting Guide. 
Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 49 CFR 225   
Legal Authority: 49 USC 20103    49 USC 20901    49 USC 20902   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Next Action Undetermined      
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Agency Contact:
Nancy Friedman
Trial Attorney
Department of Transportation
Federal Railroad Administration
400 Seventh Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20590
Phone:202 493-6034