LAC 70:IX.1513. Safety Event Notification

A. Requirements. An RTA must notify FTA and the SSOA within two hours of any safety event occurring on a rail fixed guideway public transportation system that results in one or more of the following: 1. fatality; 2. two or more injuries; 3. derailment; 4. collision resulting in one or more injuries; 5. collision between two rail transit vehicles; 6. collision resulting in disabling damage to a rail transit vehicle; 7. evacuation for life safety reasons; and 8. unintended train movement. B. Exclusion. The two-hour notification requirement excludes criminal actions that result in fatalities or injuries, such as homicides and assaults. C. Methodology and Content: Two-Hour Notification. The RTA shall notify the SSOA and FTA within two hours of a reportable safety event. Notification shall be transmitted via email (or if unavailable, via telephone with follow-up email) or other electronic notification method described in the Procedures Manual. The two-hour notification will contain the following information: 1. unique safety event identification number (if more than one crash occurs on one day, the time will be added in 24-hour format and the operator badge number will be included as shown: YYMMDD HHMM operator badge number. All follow up information associated with a reportable safety event will contain the unique safety event identification number.); 2. sender (caller) name; 3. transit system name; 4. type of safety event (e.g., which safety event criteria prompted the safety event report to the SSOA); 5. time and date of the safety event ; 6. the location of the safety event; 7. transit vehicle identifying information, including route, direction, vehicle number, block number, etc.; 8. information about any other vehicles involved; 9. number of injuries (persons requiring immediate medical attention away from the scene); 10. number of fatalities; 11. estimated property damage, if available; 12. a brief description of the safety event ; 13. a description of safety event investigation activities completed and anticipated in the short term; 14. available; and 15. NTSB determination, if available.