Or. Admin. Code § 741-600-0010 - Definitions
As used in rules 741-600-0020 to 741-600-0040:
(1) "Serious Injury to Persons" means:
(a) Injury to a railroad employee sufficient
to incapacitate him from performing all of the duties customarily included in
the assignment of the employee at the time of injury for more than 24 hours in
the aggregate during the ten days (240 hours) immediately following the
accident; or
(b) Injury to a person
other than an employee, if the injury is sufficient to incapacitate the injured
person from following his customary vocation or mode of life for more than 24
hours in the aggregate during the ten days (240 hours) immediately following
the accident.
(2) "Loss
of Human Life" means immediate death or death within 24 hours from the time the
accident occurred.
(3) "Serious
Damage to Property" means damage to property amounting to more than $4,500,
including the expense of clearing the wreckage and damage to or loss of freight
or baggage, animals, or property of noncarriers on or adjacent to the railroad
right-of-way.
(4) "Non-Serious
Accident" means any accident except those accidents defined in sections (1)
through (3) of this rule.
(5)
"Operation of a Railroad" means:
(a) The
operation of trains, locomotives or cars and the facilities incidental to their
operation, such as tracks, railway stations, depots, freight houses,
warehouses, wharfs, and ferries used as an adjunct of train services, etc.,
when such operation is performed by or under the supervision of the
railroad;
(b) The maintenance of
equipment, roadway, track, structures, or other parts of railway plant, when
such maintenance is performed under the supervision of the railroad. Any
"serious damage" as defined in section (3) of this rule, to protective devices
must be reported to the Department within seven days from such
damage;
(c) The construction of
additions, betterments, or new lines when performed under the supervision of
the railroad by forces engaged in the construction, operation or maintenance of
existing lines.
Notes
Stat. Auth.: ORS 823 & ORS 824
Stats. Implemented: ORS 823.027
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