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Railway Emergency Rescue, Investigation And Handling Of Accidents Regulations

Original Language Title: 铁路交通事故应急救援和调查处理条例

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People's Republic of China promulgated by Decree No. 501 in the railway traffic accident emergency rescue, investigation and handling of Executive meeting of the State Council on June 27, 2007 182th adoption of the regulations, are hereby promulgated and, as of September 1, 2007.
Premier Wen Jiabao on July 11, 2007 a rail accident emergency rescue, investigation and handling of regulations chapter I General provisions article to strengthen rail accident emergency rescue work, regulate railway traffic accident investigates the processing, reducing casualties and property losses, railway safety and the smooth flow of transport, under the People's Republic of China Railway Act and other relevant provisions of the law, this Ordinance is enacted.
A second railway rolling stock in the availability and pedestrians, motor vehicles, non-motor vehicle collision, livestock and other obstacles, conflict or railway rolling stock, derailment, fire and explosion effects normal traffic of the railway railway accident (hereinafter referred to as accidents) emergency rescue, investigation and handling, this Regulation shall apply.
Article III competent Department under the State Council should strengthen railway transportation safety supervision and management, establish and improve emergency rescue, investigation and handling of the system permissions according to state regulations and procedures, responsible for organizing, directing, coordinating the emergency rescue, investigation and handling of accidents.
IV railway authorities shall strengthen the daily railway transportation safety supervision and inspection, instruction and supervision to railway transport enterprise implementing the provisions of the emergency, in accordance with the limits of authority and procedures, organization, participation and coordination in areas under their jurisdiction the accident emergency rescue and investigation work.
The fifth State Council relevant departments and relevant local people's Government shall, in accordance with their respective responsibilities and Division of labour, organized, participated in the emergency rescue, investigation and handling of accidents.
Article in railway transportation enterprises and other relevant units and individuals shall comply with the provisions of the railway transportation safety management to prevent and avoid accidents.
After the accident, railway transport enterprises and other units should be timely, accurate reporting of accidents, and actively carry out emergency rescue work, reducing casualties and property losses, and normal traffic of the railway as soon as possible.
Seventh, no unit or individual shall interfere with or obstruct emergency rescue, a railway line was opened, trains and accident investigations.
Chapter ranks eighth according to accidents causing casualties, direct economic losses, the train derailed, interrupting railway traffic time, where the accident classification is divided into major accidents, fatal accidents, large accidents and accidents in General.
Nineth article has following case one of of, for special major accident: (a) caused 30 people above death, or 100 people above injured (including acute industrial poisoning, with), or 100 million Yuan above directly economic loss of; (ii) busy route passenger train derailed 18 car above and interrupted railway lane 48 hours above of; (three) busy route freight train derailed 60 car above and interrupted railway lane 48 hours above of.
Tenth article has following case one of of, for major accident: (a) caused 10 people above 30 people following death, or 50 people above 100 people following injured, or 50 million Yuan above 100 million Yuan following directly economic loss of; (ii) passenger train derailed 18 car above of; (three) freight train derailed 60 car above of; (four) passenger train derailed 2 car above 18 car following, and interrupted busy route railway lane 24 hours above or interrupted other line railway lane 48 hours above of;
(E) freight train derailment of 6 more than 60 cars, and interrupt the busy trunk line railway for more than 24 hours or interrupt other lines of railway traffic for more than 48 hours.
11th article has following case one of of, for larger accident: (a) caused 3 people above 10 people following death, or 10 people above 50 people following injured, or 10 million Yuan above 50 million Yuan following directly economic loss of; (ii) passenger train derailed 2 car above 18 car following of; (three) freight train derailed 6 car above 60 car following of; (four) interrupted busy route railway lane 6 hours above of; (five) interrupted other line railway lane 10 hours above of.
12th killing 3 people killed or less seriously injured 10 people, or less than 10 million yuan of direct economic losses for General accident.
Except as provided in the preceding paragraph, a competent Department under the State Council for General supplementary provisions to the other circumstances of the accident.
13th referred to in this chapter shall be "above" include the number, called "the following" not including the number itself. Chapter III accident reporting article 14th after the accident, the scene of the accident in railway transport enterprises staff or other personnel shall immediately report to the nearby railway station, the train dispatcher or a public security organ.
Units and personnel after receiving the report, shall immediately report accidents accident railway authorities.
The 15th railway accidents reported to the authorities, you should verify the information as soon as possible, and to report immediately to the competent Department under the State Council; the particularly serious accidents, fatal accidents, railway departments under the State Council shall immediately report and inform the State production safety supervision and administration departments of the State Council.
Particularly serious accidents, fatal accidents, major accidents or casualties of the accident, railway authorities shall also be informed of local people's Governments at or above the county level where the accident occurred and the production safety supervision and management departments.
16th article accident report should including following content: (a) accident occurred of time, and locations, and interval (line name, and km, and meters), and accident related units and personnel; (ii) occurred accident of train type, and train, and parts, and controller, and locomotive model, and traction car number, and tons number; (three) carrier passenger number or goods name, and mount situation; (four) personnel casualties situation, locomotive vehicles, and line facilities, and road vehicles of damaged situation, on railway lane of effect situation; (five) accident reasons of preliminary judge;
(F) measures taken after the accident and accident control; (g) the specific relief requested.
New developments after reports of the accident shall promptly remedy.
17th State railway authorities, railway authorities and railway transport enterprise shall report the matter to the public duty phone, receive accident reports and reporting.
Fourth chapter of emergency article 18th after the accident, the train operator or train guard should immediately stop taking emergency measures; could not be disposed of, shall immediately report to the nearby railway station, the train dispatcher to be disposed.
To ensure passenger safety or due to any special transportation needs should not be parked, can not stop, however, train drivers or train guard should immediately report accidents near the railway station, the train dispatcher, adjacent to a railway station, train dispatchers received reports should be disposed of immediately.
19th accident interrupted railway traffic, railway transport enterprise shall immediately organize the repair, line the road as soon as possible, if necessary, adjustment of railway transport dispatch Department transportation route and reduce accidents.
20th after the accident, railway departments of the State Council, railway administration and the accident occurred above the county level people's Governments or railway transport enterprise shall be based on the accident starts the appropriate contingency plans, if necessary, set up emergency rescue organization. 21st field emergency relief agency according to the actual needs of emergency rescue work, you can borrow the units and individuals of facilities, equipment and other materials.
Loan unit after use should be returned promptly, and paying the appropriate fee; losses caused, he shall compensate.
The units and individuals concerned should actively support and coordinate relief efforts.
22nd accident caused heavy casualties or need to evacuate, placed along the railway passengers and residents, the accident local people's Governments at or above the county level shall organize a rescue, placement and transfer work.
23rd State railway authorities and railway regulatory agency or local people's Governments at or above the county level where the accident occurred according to the actual needs of the rescue, you can request the local military, the armed police force involved in the rescue. 24th units and individuals should be properly protected accident scene and related evidence, and in accident investigation unit set up to hand over relevant evidence after the accident investigation team.
Accident relief, railway normal traffic needed to change the scene of the accident as soon as possible, it should be marked, draw diagrams, producing audiovisual material, and make a written record.
No unit or individual may disrupt the scene of the accident, or forge, conceal or destroy evidence.
25th accident deaths after the bodies of persons identified by the statutory bodies, shall promptly notify the family members of the deceased to reclaim their inability to locate the families of the deceased, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State.
Fifth chapter, investigation and handling of accidents major accidents in the 26th Special by the State Council or sectoral organizations authorized by the State Council investigation team to investigate the accident.
Major accident accident investigation team organized by the competent Department under the State Council to investigate.
Larger accidents and General accident organized by the railway authorities of the accident accident investigation team investigated state railways authority deems it necessary, may appoint an accident investigation team to investigate the large and General accidents. According to the specific circumstances of accidents, accident investigation group composed of Governments, police, work safety supervision and management departments and supervisory organs and other units send people, and people's procuratorates should be invited to send participants.
Accident investigation team considers it necessary, you can employ experts in accident investigation.
27th article accident survey group should according to national about provides carried out accident survey, and in following survey term within to organization accident survey group of organ or railway management institutions submitted accident survey report: (a) special major accident of survey term for 60 day; (ii) major accident of survey term for 30th; (three) larger accident of survey term for 20th; (four) General accident of survey term for 10th.
Accident investigation period counted from the date of the accident. 28th investigation and handling of accidents, technical delegate relevant bodies identified or of railway equipment, facilities and other property damage and interrupted railway traffic caused a direct economic loss assessment, accident investigation group shall entrust a qualified institutions established by the State technical appraisal or evaluation.
Time required for technical appraisement or assessment not included in the investigation period. 29th after an accident report forms, accident investigation team reported to the organization or the railway administration, accident investigation work group will come to an end.
Organizational accident investigation group of the organ or the railway authorities shall from the date of accident investigation group working to finish 15th, according to the accident report, certificate of production accidents.
Certificate of accident accident compensation, accident management and accident responsibility basis.
Responsibility of 30th accidents and relevant personnel should learn from accidents, implementation of preventive and corrective measures to prevent accidents from happening again.
Competent Department under the State Council, railway administration and other relevant administrative authorities should be responsible for the accident and associated personnel supervise and inspect the implementation of preventive and corrective measures.
31st incident handling, apart from the outside should be kept confidential, it should be by the accident investigation team of the organization or the railway authorities to the public.
The sixth chapter 32nd accident resulting in personal injury accident compensation, railway transport enterprise shall be liable, but personal injury is caused by force majeure or victims themselves, does not assume liability for railway transport enterprises.
Violation through the grade crossing or crosswalk, or walk, sit or lie on a railway track causing personal injury, belonging to the victim's own causing personal injury.
33rd incidents causing personal injury to passenger and baggage losses, the railway transportation enterprise's liability for personal injury of railway passenger limit of 150,000 yuan, for each passenger cabin luggage limit of liability for loss of RMB 2000 Yuan.
Railway transport enterprises and railway passenger written agreement higher than the limits of liability prescribed in the preceding paragraph.
34th accidents in railway transport enterprises carriage of goods, parcels or luggage losses, railway transport enterprise shall be in accordance with the People's Republic of China Railway Act liability.
Subject to this Ordinance, the 33rd, 34th, 35th article provides, other personal injury or property damage caused by accidents, in accordance with the relevant provisions of laws and administrative regulations of the State compensation.
Article 36th accident accident compensation dispute by the parties, can be solved through consultation, organization or request accident investigation authorities or railway organizations of mediation, may also directly bring a civil action.
Seventh chapter legal liability 37th railway transport enterprises and their workers in violation of the law, administrative rules and regulations, the cause of the accident shall be formulated by the competent department or railway authority shall be subject to administrative liability.
38th article violation this Ordinance of provides, railway transport enterprise and workers not immediately organization rescue, or late reported, and omitted, and concealed, and lied about accident of, on units, by State railway competent sector or railway management institutions at 100,000 yuan above 500,000 yuan following of fine; on personal, by State railway competent sector or railway management institutions at 4000 Yuan above 20,000 yuan following of fine; belongs to national staff of, law give disposition; constitute crime of, law held criminal.
39th in violation of the provisions of this Ordinance, railway departments of the State Council, railway administration and other administrative authorities are not immediately activate emergency response plans, or late, and false negatives, false claim and skimming incidents to the direct responsible person in charge and other direct liable persons shall be given sanctions constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law. 40th article violation this Ordinance of provides, interference, and hinder accident rescue, and railway line opened, and train run and accident survey processing of, on units, by State railway competent sector or railway management institutions at 40,000 yuan above 200,000 yuan following of fine; on personal, by State railway competent sector or railway management institutions at 2000 Yuan above 10,000 yuan following of fine; plot serious of, on units, by State railway competent sector or railway management institutions at 200,000 yuan above 1 million Yuan following of fine
And for individuals, shall be formulated by the competent department or at the railway authority more than 10,000 yuan to 50,000 yuan fine belonging to agents of the State, shall be given sanctions; activities contravening public security management by the public security organs shall be subject to administrative penalties for public security constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law. Eighth chapter supplementary articles article 41st this regulation come into force on September 1, 2007. On July 16, 1979, the State Council approved the publication of the trains and other vehicles colliding and railway road, interim provisions on the handling of casualty accidents and August 13, 1994, the State Council approved the publication of the railway passenger transport damages provisions of the repealed simultaneously.