When a personal injury, damage to property, or loss of life involves equipment the following must be done immediately by the employee in charge:
- Secure the names, addresses and occupation of everyone involved whether they say they know anything or not,
- Obtain any license numbers of nearby automobiles (other employees may help with this) and include them in the report,
- It must also be determined and note if anyone can verify the condition of signaling devices (crossing flashers and crossing arms, locomotive horn and lights) or the location of a flagman if there was one on duty.