N.J. Admin. Code § 14:3-6.5

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 9, May 6, 2024

Section 14:3-6.5 - Accidents - follow-up reporting

(a) After the initial accident reporting required under 14:3-6.4, a utility shall provide a follow-up report of each reportable accident within 15 days after the accident.

(b) The follow-up accident report shall include all of the information required by the sample accident reporting form available on the Board's website at http://www.state.nj.us/bpu/divisions/reliability. The form shall require basic identifying and descriptive information concerning the accident, its causes and consequences, the extent of damage and/or injuries, if any, and persons involved; and shall also include corrective measures the utility plans or has taken and preventive measures the utility has taken or will take to avoid similar accidents in the future.

(c) If at the time of the submission of the follow-up accident report the utility is unable to state the corrective measures taken or make recommendations to avoid a recurrence of the accident, the utility shall within 30 days of the date of the accident file an amended report, which shall set forth the aforementioned corrective measures and recommendations.

(d) Accident reports may be used by the Board in determining what safety practices should be recommended. In a proceeding before the Board, accident reports shall be admitted in evidence at the discretion of the Board.

N.J. Admin. Code § 14:3-6.5

Amended by R.1991 d.221, effective 5/6/1991.
See: 22 N.J.R. 1112(a), 23 N.J.R. 1439(b).
Corrected internal citation formats.
Amended by R.1997 d.39, effective 2/3/1997.
See: 28 N.J.R. 1810(a), 29 N.J.R. 449(a).
In (b), inserted exception for records of ongoing investigations.
Repealed by R.2003 d.290, effective 7/21/2003.
See: 34 N.J.R. 2271(b), 35 N.J.R. 3368(b).
Section was "Public records".
Recodified in part from N.J.A.C. 14:3-6.4 and amended by R.2008 d.119, effective 5/19/2008.
See: 39 N.J.R. 4077(b), 40 N.J.R. 2481(a).
Added new (a) and (b); recodified former (f) as (c); in (c), substituted "follow-up" for "written" and "an amended" for "a" preceding "report" and inserted a comma following "report"; deleted former (g); recodified former (h) as (d); in (d), substituted "admitted in evidence" for "evidential only"; and deleted the "Sample Accident Report Form".
Former N.J.A.C. 14:3-6.5 was reserved.