Monday, December 14, 2009

This morning I was going through my normal Monday tasks, when I got an email advising me of a new standard going into effect January 1, 2010. With the new year right around the corner I decided to read the regulation. The regulation is on reporting equipment incidents to the FRA. In the regulation an incident is defined in the following words.

"A "rail equipment accident/incident" is a collision, derailment, fire, explosion, act of God, or other event involving the operation of railroad on-track equipment (standing or moving) that results in damages to railroad on-track equipment, signals, tracks, track structures, or roadbed."

Does anyone else see something strange about this definition?
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3 comments:

  1. MatthewDecember 14, 2009 at 11:57 AM

    Aside from being rather broad (essentially anything that causes damage), it is odd that it doesn't cover injuries to people. Are those covered under some other policy?

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  2. Jason HeilpernDecember 14, 2009 at 2:37 PM

    Yes injuries to persons is a whole other regulation. What I find odd is the reference to "Acts of God" I have never before seen something like this in a definition.

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  3. MatthewDecember 15, 2009 at 4:28 AM

    Back during my previous life as a paralegal, this particular phrase crept in quite a bit in the context of liability and contracts. More recently, I have seen it used quite a bit in insurance policies; particularly homeowner's policies.

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