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DOT/FRA

RIN: 2130-AB51

Publication ID: Spring 2002

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 became 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: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
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
NPRM	05/00/2002

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