FRSA LIBRARY
The FRSA In A Nutshell
For nutshell summary of the FRSA, click here.
Text of FRSA statute: 49 USC 20109
For the complete text of the FRSA, click here.
For OSHA's Whistleblower webstie, click here
FRSA Regulations
For DOL’s Interim Final Rule, click here
For DOL FRSA Regulations, click here
FRSA Complaint form for filing with OSHA Whistleblower Office
For OSHA FRSA complaint form, click here.
OSHA Whistleblower Regional and Local Offices
OSHA Whistleblower Investigations Manual
Filing FRSA Complaints: Subsection (a)(3)
OSHA Blocker Merit Finding
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Injury Reports: Subsection (a)(4)
OSHA Barati Merit Finding.
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Harvey v UP RR DOL Secretary's Findings.
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Nelson v NS RR DOL Secretary’s Findings.
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OSHA Kopplin Merit Findings - WC
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OSHA Ordner Merit Findings - MN RR
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OSHA Tagliatela Merit Finding
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OSHA Ellis Merit Finding
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OSHA Araujo Merit Finding
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OSHA Vernace Merit Finding
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ALJ Decision Anderson v. Amtrak
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Powers v. Union Pacific Railroad Company
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BNSF OSHA Merit Finding 12/10
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OSHA Thompson Merit Findings - NS RR
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OSHA Petersen Merit Findings - UP RR
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OSHA Winkler Merit Findings - BN RR
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OSHA Ordner Merit Findings - MN RR
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OSHA Wallis Merit Finding - BNSF
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ALJ Decision Vernace v PATH
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OSHA Annen Merit Findings - UP RR
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U.S.D.J. Chesler Opinion Infermo v. NJ Transit Rail
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Reporting Hazardous Safety Condition: Subsection (b)
ALJ Order Denying Summary Judgment in Genderson v. NBSF
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OSHA Merit Finding Newman – UP RR
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OSHA Merit Finding Pfeifer – UP RR
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OSHA Mylar Merit Finding
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ALJ Geraghty Order Denying Summary Judgment in Mylar
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How to Disqualify Unsafe Rail Managers
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Medical Treatment: Subsection (c)
OSHA Santiago Merit Finding
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ALJ Geraghty Order Denying Summary Judgment in Santiago
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Secretary DOL Post Trial Brief pages 1-17
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ALJ Decision Santiago v. Metro North Railroad
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FRSA Remedies: Subsection (e)
Araujo Merit Finding
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trainlawblog entry about Araujo Award
FRSA Election of Remedies: Subsection (f)
ARB Mercier & Koger Decsion
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Thompson v NS RR ALJ Order
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OSHA Election of Remedies Form
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Mercier Order
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Newman Order
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Koger Order
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DOL OSHA Memo re Election of Remedies
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Memo in Response to Rail Road Election of Remedies Argument
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Powers ALJ Order
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Milton ALJ Order
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FRSA Punitive Damages
ALJ Geraghty Order Granting Motion to Compel Discovery
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ALJ Decision Anderson v. Amtrak
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ALJ Reconsideration Denial Anderson v. Amtrak
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FRSA Legislative History
CSX Transportation Harassment, click here.
FRA Administrator Boardman’s Written Statement, click here.
HR Committee on Transportation, click here.
HR 1 Conference Report, click here.
Summary of L&O Activities Committee on Transportation, click here.
FRSA Administrative Law Judge Proceedings
For general information on Administrative Law Judges, click here.
For the ALJ Rules of Procedure, click here.
For the ALJ Rules of Evidence, click here.
Administrative Review Board appeals from ALJ Decisions
For website of Administrative Review Board, click here.
U.S. District Court Proceedings: Subsection (d)(3)
Notice of Intent to File Original Action in U.S. District Court
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U.S. District Court Complaint
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FRSA Retainer and Attorney Fees
FRSA Retainer
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Sample FRSA Affidavit of Fees and Costs
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Just Say No To FRSA Confidentiality
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Millea v Metro North Railroad 2d Circuit Attorney Fee Standard
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Furland v American Airlines ARB opinion
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Major Decisions Mandate Full Award of FRSA Attorney Fees
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RRs Not Entitled to FRSA Atty Fees
For complete text of Vason v PATH ALJ Decision, click here
Other Whistleblower Protection Statutes Available to Railroad Employees
National Transit Systems Security Act NTSSA
For OSHA Fact Sheet on NTSSA, click here.
For text of NTSSA, click here.
Section 11(c) OSHA
For text of Section 11(c), click here.
