(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]