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Confidential Close Call Reporting System
C3RS — Identifying Safety Risks in Railroad Operations
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Reporting a Close Call
Who can report close calls?
What is NOT considered a close call?
- Events unrelated to railroad safety
- Urgent real-time issues (for example, a runaway train)
- Personal grievances
- Labor organization management grievances
- Carrier employees who are covered by an IMOU
- Carrier managers who are covered by an IMOU
Kinds of close calls reported
- Events occurring frequently with low consequences
- Events occurring infrequently with the potential for high consequences
- Events below the FRA reporting threshold (if included in that carrier's IMOU)
Critical steps in reporting a close call
View a sample completed C3RS report.
- Call in the report to BTS (CP, UP, and NJT).
- Complete the report form.
- Submit the form to BTS (CP, UP, and NJT) or NASA (Amtrak).
More questions?
Go to Questions & Answers/Reporting a Close Call
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