---
kind: "unit"
title: "45"
title_heading: "Railroads"
key: "ch2"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 2"
heading: "Liability for Injuries to Employees"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/45/ch2"
sections_count: 11
---

# Chapter 2 — Liability for Injuries to Employees

Title 45 — Railroads

## Sections

- [§51. Liability of common carriers by railroad, in interstate or foreign commerce, for injuries to employees from negligence; employee defined](/usc/45/51.md)
- [§52. Carriers in Territories or other possessions of United States](/usc/45/52.md)
- [§53. Contributory negligence; diminution of damages](/usc/45/53.md)
- [§54. Assumption of risks of employment](/usc/45/54.md)
- [§54a. Certain Federal and State regulations deemed statutory authority](/usc/45/54a.md)
- [§55. Contract, rule, regulation, or device exempting from liability; set-off](/usc/45/55.md)
- [§56. Actions; limitation; concurrent jurisdiction of courts](/usc/45/56.md)
- [§57. Who included in term “common carrier”](/usc/45/57.md)
- [§58. Duty or liability of common carriers and rights of employees under other acts not impaired](/usc/45/58.md)
- [§59. Survival of right of action of person injured](/usc/45/59.md)
- [§60. Penalty for suppression of voluntary information incident to accidents; separability](/usc/45/60.md)