Railroad Injury and Illness System Files

The agency used this information to effectively carryout its regulatory responsibilities under the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 and the Accident Reports Act of 1910. This series contains records on injuries and illnesses connected with the operation of railroads in the United States that resulted in one or more of the following consequences: death of a per son within 365 calendar days of the accident / incident; an injury that required medical treatment to a person other than a railroad employee; and injury that required medical treatment to a railroad employee and the injury resulted in restriction of work or motion for one or more work days, the loss of one or more days, termination of employment, transfer to another job, or loss of consciousness.

A record includes the year and month of the incident, railroad codes, person classification, job / occupation codes, nature of illness, nature of injury, and state where the accident / incident occurred. This data comprises government records extracted from the Archival Research Catalog (ARC). See the ARC catalog entry for this series for more information on this data and how to order it.