Railroads can now post injury reports online, no signature required

US railroads no longer have to physically post injury and illness reports at their facilities. They can now put these reports online instead. This also removes the rule that the person preparing the report must sign it.

For decades, railroads had to print out lists of workplace injuries and illnesses and display them on a bulletin board. This change means that information can now be shared digitally. It also removes a small but specific accountability step, the preparer's signature, from the process.