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JECORD JL'Y ICrON D'3C.'.::..tv 
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The Secfar:d Division consisted of the reriz?ar nLmbArs and in
addition :'cvnrce Irvi~n~; R. 
SIhe.j 
iro when award eras rendered.
 
System Fed<_t'.'ittiOn. 
i:CW 
100, Railway '--.Iplov~s'
Department, A. F. of L. -  C. 1. 0.
Parties to D
3.:nuf:r' : (Electrical 
fOrnf'?'s
( The Erie Lacl:awanrua R~aiLway Gc~::p3ny
Bi~S
nrtte 
: Cla .,,'-m of
I. Ti,at under the ctlrrcat aLrce,::ent, Electrician John Corbliss
was unjustly held out of Service from May 3, 1972 
Until
August 1, 1972.
2. That accordingly the Carrier be orc?er~=cl to restore to the
aforesaid ea._~ove ail pay du,: 
niin 
f-rf;_~ 
-C:L 
Lirsi day 
Fa°`
vans held out ofy service until the day lie 
K°caS 
returr;c;i to
service, at 
tae 
applicable Electrician's rate for r:.ch
w
-ing day he las been 
improp.2-1y lizid from ser~-,7c, plus
 
ork 
11
six percent ( H%i ) f)1- t 'he total 
G' 
all such ralr; and all
2
benefits due n:- under 
W'e E'r-Ci:`-·'l 
iiosoinai and life insurance
Policies for the azovf? 
Merdtior:od period-, and all railread
retirement 
tJC?t?4f3c`'.3 
due him 
iW 
at:E11?iy 
iIi'teT.:'?lf5yY^eiit ai:fj
sickness benefits for 
the 
a5av2 
cioscribe:i 
period; 
~:u;i all
YruC:%til3ii 
or,(] 
::Vi?e-ay 
rstl"ees.iWs `ua him 
rlvfiiY 
t*"ie cii:i'r:ii.
vacation and holiday adrce.::ants far Cie above descri.b~d
period; and all ot:?er benefits that wf~:id~ norF:·aI?y accrue to
hire had 
he been warkina in tire above described ;;cried in
order to rz;:e 1z ira whole.
Findings:
The Second Division of 
tote 
Adjustment Bunrd, upon 
the whole record
and all the evidence, finds that:
The 
carrier 
or 
carriers 
and 
the 
employe 
or 
employes 
involved in
this dispute are respectively carrier and employe within the meaning of
the Railway Labor Act as approved June 21, i934.
This Division of the Adjustment Board has jurisdiction over the
dispute involved herein,
Parties to said dispute waived rig ht of api -aarance at hearing
thereon.
F''Clrl;r 
I
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Dor 
c~(-!t N:r. ~'~,.f i~
2-FL-Z;d-' 74
If it were not fur the serious consequences and impact, this case
could best tic d, seribad a s a coi:,.edy of errors.
t`' r 6-, n 
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r'  n ? <·r.,-.a
 
In 
~,.~,.,.'~:~..'S.ry 
I: 7:~; ~:~..~. ~r,:r~ fc~lLw:~.., t:;= . ~t .:,ti:hs of Sick i. ., ~,
advised' 
1:?f3t 
e'·,:;' 
_-z-adl, to roturn to his 'position as an
with Carrier.  He _,rs,9 by ajr6irigei:~'ertZ of Carrier eiallSiiiiied by a pia-w`Vy.r.Z.i3r:
 
p ' '-:~d to r_°ctux::  ' ~. ~ ;, 1 p, 
Sr3r 
~z.auerW to (;'and cr~:~;v~.. to n i~ re.~,,z ar position. -ui_?rit:
returning to v'F')rH ~ .'.i:Y'-r1
'L.'Y't S 
Csi'f.=': 
St7P.-K.,(?C%P 
3 
after 
f11Y':::E-:3' rt~'~31~`.;t Oi
 
,.p .fi-t   _ , E .°.78 
ordered CIc, 
a·':::'~.T3~', 
ttr^;Ar 
1CtlCEJ i:0 lirg'it 
duties, only
f~IC..,...Il_ 
S C©iiizl.iiC, t'3T'td ~" ' .~.";a;:eit 
-d 
c?`: ~,'r',v' Si:. (f7 ) _°?`3:i:11 ·.'t 
It 
f`tr ¢' t3 ' ': o
tcai f"_"`
a. 
o be re 
~?" S 
~ ta`  
m:aC
Carrier's (;'i ef St;r :=r:nt s Y:.'rart and tii.`'. basis th,~ref(.-,r is not included
in thC record bCEOr·? 
U:3. 
In a?":;, 
;.5.·=3nL9 
this deter-lination of
Chief 
cisl-;··3Wl 
of 
Octobers 
1971 
i32t3FCr 
never was 
CC:..:;>~i52:iC:if:~.`~ i".3 .~_r':.y°~°ra,c,ilrC
"lost'! 
~
at Carrier's 
lI'15~3lla_iti.on 
where Claimant was cr'fpLCtywd, ar 
t:.'-.?S 
irl
CaCarrier's re:.`ords, or from 
the 
ti-ma Clairrnnt returned 
t.0 
Work in
1871, ii:,til Vav , 1972, C La i.t°o, 
r7t, 
rai;:~m=at z:,ci_~eat or r;-:yart.l.d
r3if..'-y~;.i:~...
pCrtiJrr.:r'i~ the duties of his position. Allegedly Eartatr 
i S t311CA 
;is';;iCr,
fallnwin,; a. exu;~inution on an ur:kn:a:=n date in the spring of :.972
reissimci a Iitrtitaticsn on Chi i.t-artt' s work. Said rep, >rt acrd ti:t t~;: r- ~:s
therefor is also not in the record befQ:'E.'' us.  tiG:~i?vt_`'r, 
9 
ezirly in 'i~;'.'
1.972, LoC~nl Sup:~rVi;::?c`?rl 
of 
~,'_:r'Y".'.:°", CI;_zy.C';~:'_°~, Fn 
tteY'sreg-c,j ylt 
in 
~~.' ,_..,.`'tcar
and 
l] 2z. ? 'r^ 
, t 
°'' 
sC''nnI1r° 
on 
-c 
f1E:, 
"_"rfia":d 
cd'.i;"?`r.', li;-~
a n,. 
October, 1 7 , r~.~:av E~ C_.. w~: ~ r t Lxc,:~   _  ..
must be C()ni in>:".d to "Il.f;bit;:r type Lit3 t?r'ir , Which was not ii. ~sCfi a:_^.1,:E?:..`l
available unless agreos^ent could be reacs:Yd to "create a v;:c;tt;^yl ~ in
the ttXji Shed" where Claimant would perform. a t3=^C13 job ~~'3':21:: .1i)~'h~C·_'3~
N o- t, s_~_,. _ ,.~  _ ~_,
NOWIiC'rr: in .48 at.'.1:.'.:ZBSlil71 Or its T'i?c:'.Zt·:.i-tl hives Carrier C:CrTlt-f'.:`.r;'.: 'tr:at j.c.i_:a?t~: S
coiztzntian tact to effzct',iate f-irrier's proposed 'tla3t duty", p?ace;-ant
of Claira:int would clztail displ;ecz~nerct of an e2~plova pr:aoor:Iy c;cur·:rg
,
the position tend could have a r:.~t~rial impact on Clai;nrt's s:si4ri:y
rights and bAr2fits stemming thorelf-ro-I..
Carrier's Chief Surgeon, made a uriil::terial dete.-Mination on June 1,
1972, without any indication of r-Laical sit^e3rt thc-refar, and oe;;ritc a
medical re~,~art 33t w^ apparently qualifi~'c3 physician that C-Laimant w-as in
adequate physical condition to perform, the duties of an electricinn
without limitation, that "our records shc·:-a tll:t this r::a71 had a carenaz'y
and we do not allow such to do strenuous labor". It
 
tiro  was not uTyial
July II, 1972 tlat  Chief S:!p.'_`t?CW.:CiV.'Lf".:.°d Li':cit arrange-meT:'ts Sa'cI·`_' ;`;3CiE_'
. ,
for a Carrier's dcsi's:.3ted Ficysici;:n 'to examine claimor:t later shat laort-a.
'Flee specialist chasm by Carrier, apparently sustainad CL
physician's f:tnCjl2lt~S that- no rC`3tr 1CtLor3 Can t1Tr! work to. be t'p._rf01;..~?l by
Cls'£i;::3nt 1:1 his class tiuFl was 11.°_C=T_'S Sar'.,t, alts ali;:;h the details of!
the Carrier d^;.'83_g:`,itia szt':-:~i_l.ill!ctfS report are not illf'.JLE:aG-'-d in tl;-AiB record.
This report wan raceiyed at t_arA : R r ' s i·tcicel DQpartm~nt on July 2119
1972. Wren Chief Sl.arg;vcn telE'riiap:acd local supervision can July 28, 1'372
tat CIc'ila:3tTt was "Gi:.':liLi.Cd as ur1 @'L·"i:i iE.i:allt'. CZu.'-taucr3'`C was ry'rtCrf:a work :1t.'rtlaf: 1, 1.~7c~..
Fo r~ '~ 1
Fit 
gC :>
Award 
N7(--;. 
6716
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This record depicts 
3 C::'n,",S C?'iSreyc"d f01 
v.'~: 
r:a,gTStS 
and 
c'"'R1!.TSri
needs Of 
an,; F:::°Ira_oyCt'_. 
Nothing in 
fisi3 rC:UTd C'CL;o7?3 
confiict, base--d
upon Cr<>I'%J1C, 
p10'uat?`' _?fiCat C3:;i:ez'i~'..:t:i~:30:? 
t'rJt 
ClaI:.`--rsets 
CUr1L:.^:Cd'
~.'s:?rilfh:.~:z1dW5, 
LWi:>4 :.=_` 
by ~ :si 
j, 0e 
t-.il:v 
t:C ~e:eti ii^Ln-
riC'~`·. .,`,'I rC'.5_~I.:~Z ,
1 and 
t1l3t fi:it·"' Wr:'..t.ll 
prove 
h-ad'i..6.'.l i.:3 fi5:':1, 1::E.s 
C:oriorl:ci 
:n ®t.' 
si 
:a~ 
_..:i:':i`L
t0 
Carrier 
CS;rlert-:3 v:19_Lf Slar~c."O:Ip a'i8 
far c: 
;s 
this 
rirCi?i'f 
fIi SClOS:.cs ,
Ii"a~E~.3e 
an af`b3.t--~:aiv 
a::Ci f~<`:i)ri_C1()°s;;i 
accision, ba:=:ad on 
,CjeIW 
:"a-li ~c'°~.1_?S, ~y:i,'t
 
y tT · c
r'f.., ~ du,-y" 
.e.,s· 
`a, Ii-- ~ I 
~t `7
rr..S~1Cti_~i2.. O li 
;·m  6?~S 
r.c. 
%S i~.  C,iC. 
not G-`~.'~T:a ~ i
ilS 
nor
did he indicate +-at he 
W5 uiic'L:.'C' 
Of the electrician'- 
JE51t 
content, b, 
It
label-Led it as 
t'.^m.~.y':!iI'.:~':·Ilzu`' 
. There 
t:US 
r<?a?.iv no val~ c on 
'11.L
doCtOrS t0 
warrant ii:`iC;k,I1'l`i the 
tt~·~t..''iE.'.'r.~tF,rICR iTl; On 
kay:;7.Ci,!l
E~%'a:3iL'.'I i_ iC 
i;~,t1
try the Carrier. The rwvrtynhaCx;, in 
1'`.·ay, 
110,72, to th!~! C'..a:ef Sur~Pon'r__
YeCC:o°::vniat=Oe`LS Or i3r;.1i1St 
nine o:;J?'ithS ;'.3rl2.`r, and 
re-:'.^.YT.II~ 
Cial.::'~an: fr<D:i~
cCr~  
. c_d 
O·2 
tI'!? 
r 
ra 
rr. 
n 
c 
~r 
nl. 
v 
,.-y 3 ., r7.·, ; x^ ~ r. e. ,.* ·I- 7. C - _ n . y, n ~ . -
Service L t'`'Z... f' t·`-   ^~  f.L j. _·rt ~5.. . , , __~. _. a .. ~._, ;: E3A ... .. = ;.. ..
controls for the prOtCCtis7n of F:IT:pl G;reS and Carrier fOilt3:xiry, . cczn c?ilpl`:Z'i't S
serious illness. Clai".^an'i~. should not be rode .'`.O S131i:Lr ti?^t casual z7nd
~rCnrac.4-irat.1_I'-f f^r,~vs'.;l:s`'fi'7: ~:,IliC'h t`:" ('·,.,.-.`!~'"f^ ~~:..7i,~,_ 1`.ap^ .._,<.,a:?~ s.-_34y
t1J~7_th his case. There was no rCaS.'.?fI for Clc=zii:'nt to sustain the loss Cf
three months' pay. 
Carrier's arr;u:.~::7'.~ that C1: e' Fort could have
;.;~ -;,-- t_,
~ Z_ .::.; s.ai
the damage is not found t0 be IY::.`ritOrl.^..:iS based fill the record 11011-.Oilro.
Rule 321 of `·(_'iIC' C`r ....'w`i,iprt :"t r.i-r><~s·,fy,?- i1C~-,..j;-·r,r~ ?-'tC n-.·T_,'.,:'?~ '..i''^_!_'-~t?e
 
'fr
the rc?I^L'dy ,p^liC.^~b1C t0 tilasivi. C3.u'^.._'9Si·'ii.C2;u t3 rl:l.iiJ4tsf;^'.~:1~ fee tiiC
employe "with his seniority : i,Atts unin,mair;d, and CeniigansUte:3 for <<a,-,-loss if any..." `I'nis Board has held t"ut it is not empe;aared to e,·.-=:II-i
upon tile express kgreen:ert and tihercxor~i m^y hot gra.r>t-
f-i ~~e ,:~;I-pits
and/Or interest in addition t0 f:'--a?I2.~, Cluil::Riii: whole for -actual loss of
wades sustained by him dole to il:lprnper action by Carrier. Carrier is
obligated to restore to Claimant "all pay due ~:in from, t?-i^ first day by
was hold out of service in May; 1972 until the day he has returned to
service in A1I-c;ISt, lf?72."
A W A R P
Claim sustained to the extent set forth in the Findings.
KATIOM"iL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
By Order of Second Division
Attest: Executive Secretary
 
National Fzi.lrf:ad fsdjuatm~cnt Board
Rosemarie f3rasch Adl;,Anistrative Assistant
Bated at Chicago, Illinois, this 25th day Of June, 197.