Form 1 NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD Award No. 6797
 SECOND DIVISION Docket No. 6622
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Parties to Dispute: ( (Carmen)
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 ( Houston Belt & Terminal Railway Company

 Dispute: Claim of Employes:














Findings:
The Second Division of the Adjustment Board, 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, 1934.

 This Division of the Adjustment Board has jurisdiction over the dispute involved herein.

 Parties to said dispute waived right of appearance at hearing thereon.

 Claimant J. E. McCain, a car inspector in Carrier's employ at South Yards, received the following letter under date of March 14, 1972:
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Following several postponements the investigative hearing was held April 5, 1972. Subsequently, Claimant was assessed 60 days suspension effective May 17, 1972 on the grounds that he had failed promptly to report an alleged injury and make out the personal injury report. Appeals of this discipline on the property were declined by Carrier and the claim comes to our Board for resolution.

 Claimant testified throughout the proceedings on the property that he injured his knee working on a caboose in Carrier's South Yard while working the 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. shift commencing Tuesday, February 1, 1972. Careful review of the hearing transcript indicates admissions by Claimant that he did not make out a Personal Injury Form HB-60 at the time of the alleged injury or any time thereafater. Similarly by his own admission he sought medical attention no sooner than 3 days after the alleged injury occurred.

 The Claimant was charged with violating Rule F of the Uniform Code of Safety and General Rules reading as follows:

        "Rule F - Employes must report promptly to their immediate supervisor all injuries, no matter how trivial. In every case of personal injury in any branch of the service, a full and complete report must be made at once on prescribed form. They must obtain immediate first aid and medical attention for all injuries, when necessary." (Emphasis added)

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 From our review of the record, there is no doubt that Claimant failed to make out the required report. Carrier emphasizes the importance of employes promptly and accurately reporting injuries for the protection of all parties involved. The validity of this position should be self-evident. The record adequately supports the conclusion that Claimant violated this rule.

 N6twithstanding the foregoing conclusions, we are of the considered judgement that 60-day suspension is too harsh in the circumstances of this case. Claimant is an employe with 17 years service and the record shows no prior violations of safety rules. Accordingly, the discipline should be reduced to 30 days suspension effective May 17, 1972. Thus Carrier shall pay Claimant for the days he would have worked but for the second 30 days of the 60-day suspension.

 A W A R D
Claim sustained. to the extent indicated in the findings.

NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD

By Order of Second Division


Attest: Executive Secretary
 National Railroad Adjustment Board

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 By ~ semarie Brasch - Admin'Istrative Assistant

 Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 3rd day of December, 1974.