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MN Stat § 219.53 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 218 - 222 — Carriers|Chapter 219 — Railroad Safety And Employment|Section 219.53 — Contributory Negligence.

219.53 CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE. (a) An employee of a common carrier who, while performing duties and engaged in any commerce mentioned in section 219.45, subject to the regulative provisions of sections 219.45 to 219.53, is injured or killed by reason of (1) a violation of section 219.50, (2) a structure or obstruction erected or maintained before the passage of or in violation of sections 219.45 to 219.53, or (3) a structure or obstruction erected or maintained in closer proximity to the rails than provided in sections 219.45 to 219.53 shall not be deemed to have assumed the resultant risk or to have been guilty of contributory negligence although the employee continued in the employ of the common carrier after becoming aware of the use of the permanent overhead or side structure or obstruction mentioned in sections 219.45 to 219.53. (b) An exercise of the permission provided for in section 219.47 is at the sole risk of the carrier. History:  (4761) 1913 c 307 s 9; 1985 c 265 art 4 s 1
MN Stat § 219.54 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 218 - 222 — Carriers|Chapter 219 — Railroad Safety And Employment|Section 219.54 — Freight Platform.

219.54 FREIGHT PLATFORM. (a) Within 30 days after written notice, served in the same manner as a summons in district court, from the governing body of a statutory city containing 250 inhabitants or more, a railroad company shall provide platforms at stations as required by the city and at other stations and sidings when required by the commissioner of transportation. (b) These platforms must: (1) be immediately alongside of the railroad company's tracks or sidetracks; (2) have approaches at each end; (3) be suitable and convenient for loading and unloading heavy machinery and other freight upon and from the railroad company's cars; (4) be at least 12 feet wide, strongly built, and floored with planking at least three inches thick; (5) be at least 32 feet long, exclusive of approaches; (6) be the height of the floor of an ordinary boxcar; and (7) have approaches of such grade that heavily loaded vehicles and equipment can be driven on them. (c) Any company failing to comply with this section shall forfeit to the state not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 for every 30 days that the failure continues. History:  (4762) RL s 2003; 1923 c 142 s 1; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1976 c 166 s 45; 1980 c 460 s 24; 1980 c 534 s 44; 1985 c 265 art 4 s 1; 1998 c 403 s 29
MN Stat § 219.561 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 218 - 222 — Carriers|Chapter 219 — Railroad Safety And Employment|Section 219.561 — Track Motor Car; Equipment.

219.561 TRACK MOTOR CAR; EQUIPMENT. Subdivision 1. Lights. From and after January 1, 1950, a person, firm, or corporation operating or controlling a railroad shall equip each of its track motor cars used during the period from 30 minutes before sunset to 30 minutes after sunrise with: (1) an electric headlight of such construction and of sufficient candlepower to render plainly visible at a distance of not less than 300 feet in advance of the track motor car a track obstruction, landmark, warning sign, or grade crossing; and (2) a rear electric red light of such construction and of sufficient candlepower as to be plainly visible at a distance of 300 feet. Subd. 2. Windshield and top. Upon request of the section lead supervisor in any section operated by a railroad referred to in subdivision 1, a track motor car must be equipped within 90 days with a windshield and top wide and high enough to reasonably protect the employees from weather. However, a railroad company is not required in any one year to equip more than an additional 25 motor cars with that equipment. Subd. 3. Penalty. A person, firm, or corporation operating or controlling a railroad and using or permitting to be used on its line in this state a track motor car in violation of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor. History:  1949 c 680 s 1,2; 1961 c 405 s 1; 1985 c 265 art 4 s 1; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 219.567 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 218 - 222 — Carriers|Chapter 219 — Railroad Safety And Employment|Section 219.567 — Failure To Ring Bell.

219.567 FAILURE TO RING BELL. An engineer driving a locomotive on a railway who fails to ring the bell or sound the whistle on the locomotive, or have it rung or sounded in accordance with Federal Railroad Administration regulations under United States Code, title 49, section 20153, is guilty of a misdemeanor. History:  (10263) RL s 5001; 1985 c 265 art 4 s 1; 1Sp2005 c 6 art 3 s 87
MN Stat § 219.568 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 218 - 222 — Carriers|Chapter 219 — Railroad Safety And Employment|Section 219.568 — Other Violations Of Duty.

219.568 OTHER VIOLATIONS OF DUTY. An engineer, conductor, brake tender, switch tender, train dispatcher, or other officer, agent, or servant of a railway company, who is guilty of a willful violation or omission of duty as an officer, agent, or servant, by which human life or safety is endangered and for which no punishment is specially prescribed, is guilty of a misdemeanor. History:  (10264) RL s 5002; 1985 c 265 art 4 s 1
MN Stat § 219.57 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 218 - 222 — Carriers|Chapter 219 — Railroad Safety And Employment|Section 219.57 — Prevention Of Fire.

219.57 PREVENTION OF FIRE. Subdivision 1. Spark arrester. A company operating a railroad shall use upon each locomotive engine a good and efficient spark arrester, which the master mechanic shall have examined each time before leaving the roundhouse. The master mechanic and the employee making the examination are responsible for the good condition of the spark arrester. However, the company is not relieved from its responsibility under this section. Subd. 2. Clear right-of-way. A company shall keep its right-of-way clear of combustible materials, except ties and other materials necessary for the maintenance and operation of the road, from April 15 to December 1, annually. Subd. 3. Fires tended, reported. No company shall permit its employees to leave a deposit of fire, live coals, or ashes in the immediate vicinity of woodland or land liable to be overrun by fire. An engineer, conductor, or train crew member discovering fire adjacent to the track shall report it promptly at the first telegraph or telephone station reached. Subd. 4. Extinguishment and prevention instruction. In dry seasons a railroad company shall instruct its employees in the prevention and extinguishment of fires and have warning placards furnished by the director of the Division of Lands and Forestry of the Department of Natural Resources conspicuously posted at every station in the vicinity of forest and grass lands. When a fire occurs near the line of its road, the railroad company shall concentrate help and adopt measures available for its extinguishment. Subd. 5. Patroller. In dry seasons the railroad company shall employ at least one patroller for each mile of its road through lands liable to be overrun by fire to discover and extinguish fires occurring near the line of the road, by which is meant a distance within which fire could usually be set by sparks from a passing locomotive. Subd. 6. Misdemeanor. A railroad company violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be assessed costs of prosecution for each offense. A railroad employee violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be assessed costs of prosecution. History:  (4911) RL s 2037; 1909 c 182 s 1; 1911 c 9 s 1; 1967 c 905 s 5; 1969 c 1129 art 3 s 1; 1985 c 265 art 4 s 1; 1987 c 329 s 21; 2005 c 10 art 3 s 13
MN Stat § 219.64 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 218 - 222 — Carriers|Chapter 219 — Railroad Safety And Employment|Section 219.64 — Assumption Of Risk; Contributory Negligence.

219.64 ASSUMPTION OF RISK; CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE. An employee of a common carrier who is killed or injured due to improperly adjusted and filled frogs, switches, and guardrails or by a locomotive, tender, car, similar vehicle, or train in use contrary to federal or state railroad safety laws and standards shall not be held to have assumed the risk of death or injury by continuing in the employment of the carrier after obtaining knowledge of the unlawful use of the locomotive, tender, car, similar vehicle, or train; nor may the employee be held to have contributed to the injury when the carrier has violated federal or state railroad safety laws and standards and the violation contributed to the death or injury of the employee. History:  (4920) 1907 c 202; 1909 c 488 s 7; 1980 c 460 s 25; 1985 c 265 art 4 s 1
MN Stat § 219.661 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 218 - 222 — Carriers|Chapter 219 — Railroad Safety And Employment|Section 219.661 — Speedometer; Legislative Findings.

219.661 SPEEDOMETER; LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS. The legislature finds that the safe operation of locomotives by common carriers by rail within the state requires that they be equipped with fully operable speedometers within view of the engineer or operator of the locomotive. History:  1975 c 406 s 1; 1985 c 265 art 4 s 1
MN Stat § 219.662 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 218 - 222 — Carriers|Chapter 219 — Railroad Safety And Employment|Section 219.662 — Speedometer Required; Reports.

219.662 SPEEDOMETER REQUIRED; REPORTS. Subdivision 1. Requirement. No railroad locomotive may be operated without a speedometer or speed recorder functioning correctly within three miles per hour and within the view of the engineer or operator of the locomotive. Subd. 2. Compliance period. A railroad complies with subdivision 1 if, (1) by the first day of October 1975, it has at least one-third of its locomotives equipped with speed indicators or speed recorders as required in subdivision 1, (2) by the first day of October 1976, an additional one-third of the locomotives are so equipped, and (3) by the first day of October 1977, its remaining locomotives are so equipped. Subd. 3. Yard switching service. Locomotives operated or used exclusively within designated yard limits in switching service need not be equipped in accordance with this section. Subd. 4. Failure of required equipment. If the required equipment fails after a locomotive has commenced to move in service, the railroad operating that locomotive is not in violation of this section and section 219.661 if the defect is corrected at the next initial terminal, as defined in section 219.551, subdivision 2, where regular maintenance forces are available to repair or replace the equipment. Subd. 5. Notice of compliance. A railroad shall notify the commissioner of the date that each locomotive comes into compliance with this section. The notification shall state the serial number or other identification of the locomotive. Subd. 6. Compliance list or schedule. A railroad affected by this section shall maintain at a designated location a list or schedule of the locomotives referred to in subdivision 5. It shall set forth, along with other information, the date that the speed indicator or speed recorder was calibrated and found to be functioning in accordance with this section. It shall advise the commissioner as to the designated location. Subd. 7. Enforcement. The commissioner shall enforce this section and may issue orders proper to require compliance with it. History:  1975 c 406 s 2; 1976 c 166 s 49-51; 1985 c 265 art 4 s 1
MN Stat § 219.753 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 218 - 222 — Carriers|Chapter 219 — Railroad Safety And Employment|Section 219.753 — Crane On Tracks; Detector; Misdemeanor.

219.753 CRANE ON TRACKS; DETECTOR; MISDEMEANOR. A crawler crane, a locomotive crane, or a truck crane, as defined in the definitions of occupational safety and health administration standards of the United States Department of Labor, which operates upon a railroad track and has a boom which extends 12 feet or more vertically above the ground or the rails, must be equipped with a warning device able to detect an electrical line which comes within 15 feet of the boom. When an electrical line is detected, no person is required to operate the crane unless the electricity is shut off or the electrical line is rerouted in a manner to prevent contact with the machine. Violation of this section by a person or corporation is a misdemeanor. History:  1975 c 286 s 1; 1985 c 265 art 4 s 1
MN Stat § 219.76 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 218 - 222 — Carriers|Chapter 219 — Railroad Safety And Employment|Section 219.76 — Damage Caused By Train Or Contents; Insurable Interest.

219.76 DAMAGE CAUSED BY TRAIN OR CONTENTS; INSURABLE INTEREST. A railroad operating in this state is responsible in damages to every person who is injured and public or private entity or person whose property is injured, damaged, or destroyed by fire spread directly or indirectly by the locomotive or rolling stock in use upon its railroad line, or contents of the rolling stock, or caused directly or indirectly by spill, tear, discharge, or combustion of train contents. Each railroad shall have an insurable interest in the property upon the route of its railroad line and may procure insurance in its own behalf for its protection against the damages. History:  (4932) RL s 2041; 1909 c 378 s 1; 1985 c 265 art 4 s 1; 2015 c 75 art 2 s 33
MN Stat § 219.761 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 218 - 222 — Carriers|Chapter 219 — Railroad Safety And Employment|Section 219.761 — Response To Train-related Fire Or Other Emergency; Reimbursement.

219.761 RESPONSE TO TRAIN-RELATED FIRE OR OTHER EMERGENCY; REIMBURSEMENT. Subdivision 1. Reimbursement. (a) A railroad operating in Minnesota is liable for all reasonable expenses of a fire or other emergency that is proximately caused by a railroad locomotive, rolling stock or its contents, or employees on a railroad right-of-way, operating property, or other property. If an emergency responder, local government entity, or nonprofit firefighting corporation responds to a fire or responds to another emergency and deems that it is entitled to reimbursement for its expenses, it shall, within 60 days after the first full day after the emergency response, give the railroad written notice stating the circumstances of the fire or other emergency as then known. The notice may be given to the railroad at any address at which the owner has an office, agent, or other place of business in this state. The date of the mailing is the date or service of the notice. For purposes of this paragraph, reasonable response expenses include all expenses incurred by a fire department or other emergency responder in supplying mutual aid assistance, regardless of whether the fire department or emergency responder is entitled to reimbursement from the entity requesting assistance. (b) If after notice and claim for reimbursement, the railroad refuses to reimburse the local government, or nonprofit firefighting corporation, or other emergency responders for expenses incurred, the claimant may recover by civil action reasonable expenses, costs, disbursements, and attorney's fees. Subd. 2. Information in claim. All claims must set forth the basis of the claim including the time, date, place, and circumstances of the claim. A claim must also include an itemization of costs incurred to extinguish the fire or respond to the emergency. The state Fire Marshal, in consultation with fire department chiefs, representatives of the interested railroads, representatives of local government entities, nonprofit firefighting corporations, and other emergency responders, may recommend that additional information be included in a claim. Subd. 3. Other costs, remedies. (a) If the railroads are required to pay property taxes pursuant to chapter 272 or any other law, they shall also pay the fees and assessments required of property owners situated within the same political subdivision for firefighting and protection expenses. (b) Neither the enactment of this section nor its subsequent repeal or termination alters the statutory or common law rights, duties, or obligations of railroad companies with regard to fires and other emergencies caused directly or indirectly by a railroad locomotive, rolling stock, contents, or railroad employees on a railroad right-of-way, operating property, or other property, or caused directly or indirectly by spill, tear, discharge, or combustion of train contents. History:  1977 c 95 s 1; 1981 c 32 s 2; 1985 c 265 art 4 s 1; 2015 c 75 art 2 s 34
MN Stat § 219.77 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 218 - 222 — Carriers|Chapter 219 — Railroad Safety And Employment|Section 219.77 — Railroad Employer Liability.

219.77 RAILROAD EMPLOYER LIABILITY. A company, person, or corporation, owning or operating as a common carrier or otherwise a steam railroad or railway in the state, is liable in damages to an employee suffering injury while engaged in that employment; or, in case of death of the employee, to the personal representative for the benefit of the surviving spouse and children of the employee; and if none, then to the employee's parents; and if none, then to the next of kin dependent upon the employee, for injury or death resulting in whole or in part from the negligence of the officers, agents, or employees of the employer, or by reason of a defect or insufficiency in its cars, engines, appliances, machinery, track, roadbed, works, boats, wharves, or other equipment due to the employer's negligence. History:  (4933) 1915 c 187 s 1; 1923 c 333 s 1; 1951 c 51 s 1; 1985 c 265 art 4 s 1; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 219.79 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 218 - 222 — Carriers|Chapter 219 — Railroad Safety And Employment|Section 219.79 — Contributory Negligence Does Not Bar Recovery.

219.79 CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE DOES NOT BAR RECOVERY. Subdivision 1. When damages reduced. In an action brought against an employer under or by virtue of sections 219.77 to 219.83, to recover damages for death or personal injury of the employee, the fact that the employee may have been guilty of contributory negligence does not bar a recovery but the damages must be diminished by the jury in proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to that employee. Subd. 2. When damages not reduced. An employee who is injured or killed may not be found guilty of contributory negligence when the employer's violation of a statute enacted for the safety of employees contributed to the injury or death of the employee. History:  (4935) 1915 c 187 s 3; 1985 c 265 art 4 s 1
MN Stat § 219.80 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 218 - 222 — Carriers|Chapter 219 — Railroad Safety And Employment|Section 219.80 — Assumption Of Risk No Defense.

219.80 ASSUMPTION OF RISK NO DEFENSE. In an action brought against an employer under or by virtue of sections 219.77 to 219.83 to recover for injuries to or the death of an employee, the employee may not be held to have assumed the risk of the employment. History:  (4936) 1915 c 187 s 4; 1935 c 69 s 1; 1985 c 265 art 4 s 1
MN Stat § 219.81 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 218 - 222 — Carriers|Chapter 219 — Railroad Safety And Employment|Section 219.81 — Contrary Contract Declared Void.

219.81 CONTRARY CONTRACT DECLARED VOID. Any contract, rule, or device whatever, the purpose or intent of which is to enable an employer to escape liability created by sections 219.77 to 219.83, is to that extent void. In an action brought against the employer under or by virtue of sections 219.77 to 219.83, the employer may set off any sum the employer has contributed or paid to any insurance, relief, benefit, or indemnity that may have been paid to the injured employee, or to the persons entitled to it on account of the injury or death for which the action was brought. History:  (4937) 1915 c 187 s 5; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1985 c 265 art 4 s 1; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 219.815 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 218 - 222 — Carriers|Chapter 219 — Railroad Safety And Employment|Section 219.815 — Employer Includes Receiver.

219.815 EMPLOYER INCLUDES RECEIVER. "Employer," as used in sections 219.77 to 219.83, includes a receiver or other person charged with the duty of management and operation of a business employing labor. History:  (4938) 1915 c 187 s 6; 1985 c 265 art 4 s 1
MN Stat § 219.82 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 218 - 222 — Carriers|Chapter 219 — Railroad Safety And Employment|Section 219.82 — Survival Of Right Of Action.

219.82 SURVIVAL OF RIGHT OF ACTION. A right of action given by sections 219.77 to 219.83 to a person suffering injury survives to the personal representative for the benefit of the surviving spouse and children of the employee; and if none, then of the employee's parents; and if none, then of the next of kin dependent upon the employee, but in such cases there shall be only one recovery for the same injury. History:  (4939) 1915 c 187 s 7; 1923 c 333 s 3; 1985 c 265 art 4 s 1; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 219.83 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 218 - 222 — Carriers|Chapter 219 — Railroad Safety And Employment|Section 219.83 — Limitation Of Action.

219.83 LIMITATION OF ACTION. No action may be maintained under sections 219.77 to 219.83 unless commenced within two years from the day the cause of action accrues. History:  (4940) 1915 c 187 s 8; 1985 c 265 art 4 s 1
MN Stat § 219.92 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 218 - 222 — Carriers|Chapter 219 — Railroad Safety And Employment|Section 219.92 — New Road.

219.92 NEW ROAD. Subdivision 1. Completion notice; filing. Before opening to public use a railroad branch, extension, or other railroad constructed by a railroad company, the company (1) shall notify the commissioner that it is finished, safe for operation, and in full compliance with federal track safety standards, and (2) shall file with the commissioner a map and profile of the construction with a table of grades, curvatures, and mileage, a statement of other characteristics of the road, and an itemized statement showing the actual cost of the construction; all in a form complying with the federal track safety standards and attested to by oath of the president or other managing officer and the chief engineer of the company. Subd. 2. Inspection. Before the new line is operated as a public road, the commissioner shall inspect it or have it inspected by the state federal track safety inspectors, and furnish the company with a certificate showing compliance with subdivision 1 and that the road has been inspected and found safe for operation. Subd. 3. Use before completion. When found desirable to operate before completion a portion of a newly built railroad or a new branch, extension, or otherwise, the commissioner, on application, may authorize the operation of the new portion pending completion of the entire road under terms and conditions the commissioner may impose in the interests of the public. History:  (4903) RL s 2032; 1907 c 260 s 1; 1913 c 126 s 1; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1976 c 166 s 61; 1980 c 460 s 29; 1985 c 265 art 4 s 1
MN Stat § 219.93 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 218 - 222 — Carriers|Chapter 219 — Railroad Safety And Employment|Section 219.93 — Stopping Train At Crossing.

219.93 STOPPING TRAIN AT CROSSING. A company operating a railroad shall have all trains on the railroad come to a full stop not less than ten nor more than 60 rods before reaching a railroad junction or crossing at grade, unless stoppage is rendered unnecessary by an interlocking plant or other device approved by the written order of the commissioner or by the court upon appeal. History:  (4905) RL s 2033; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1976 c 166 s 62; 1985 c 265 art 4 s 1