Title 49: Transportation
PART 225—RAILROAD ACCIDENTS/INCIDENTS: REPORTS CLASSIFICATION, AND INVESTIGATIONS
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§ 225.27 Retention of records.
(a) Each railroad shall retain the Railroad Employee Injury and/or Illness Record and the Monthly List of Injuries and Illnesses required by §225.25 for at least five years after the end of the calendar year to which they relate. Each railroad shall retain the Initial Rail Equipment Accident/Incident Record required by §225.25 for at least two years after the end of the calendar year to which it relates. Each railroad must retain the Employee Human Factor Attachments required by §225.12, the written notices to employees required by §225.12, and the Employee Statements Supplementing Railroad Accident Reports described in §225.12(g) that have been received by the railroad for at least 2 years after the end of the calendar year to which they relate.
(b) Each railroad must retain a duplicate of each form it submits to FRA under §225.21, for at least 2 years after the calendar year to which it relates.
[39 FR 43224, Dec. 11, 1974, as amended at 55 FR 37828, Sept. 13, 1990; 61 FR 30971, June 18, 1996; 61 FR 67491, Dec. 23, 1996]
