Form 1 NhTI01`TAIJ I~ljOi~I,O~`_D lPJt,SiI.
r
T'TT BOAIJ Award
,\To.
136+
SECOT0 DI-SJISIO-N Dochet T`io.
7?76
2- COU-CM-.'
77
The Second Div-I-sion consisted of the regular members and in
addition Refereo David P. Twomey when award was rendered.
( System Federation No. 21, T;' ailT,ray --,`~aplo;yes'
DeI>a:~tne?:'.'i;, A. F. ef L. - C. . 0.
F'3.rt;i.e S
to
~lr?''J_'~f_~: ` (Carmen)
( Southern RaT. lv-a,y C o.rLpany
.l_~ V
I):L;
°r~zm,. GI_a:i~:. of 7~nr):1_o-,res:
1. ~`hat under the
Ag"e:;:'en.t,
Ca.z:x:lan Jarauc M. Coleman. 'Iayne Shop,
;p_o;_;"i~4n:~-uw'r' C.(",. was :ir':p~ot~;:Y'ly disqualified and dismissed fro-,-A
t:p' - _ ^
servicu on October
24. 197N
That Recording!,, the Carrier be ordered to have Carman Wes M.
Coleman ' ~~'' 1
'~'jl ' ~~ l ~ r - 1
`l, ~ · , 1 ~ Z
.
accordance with y.
Co~c~,.:~,n e~;;..!. ~., a,
_-a'Lr~N._
doctor
'_z1
v:-i~ Ruin , _
and 1f approved ,o , return t0 service
that ) r })c paid
for all M__
1 i. ..
~O~·
~ as pr0'V1.C1c_-:ft
-j?2
'Grle rule.
Findings:
'i.'?.:'' W ::Jn::z Division of the Adjustment Board, the record
hQ
all the
E,-''V-:_ %G:?Cc.
I':L.":ds
'i;C?:..t:
The
C:_L';C':I:'.r
or carriers and the
c'_"°nlOyC:
or invol-ved. in this
d_7`.s_.~u.'v._':(::jF~' ape Yesr'.: .":l.carrier
?1.u
u_
iYLU'G.I:L~,Ii=~.1: lLlc°:':f:1T'
of
'LIEJl=k:.01
Act as approved june 21,
1934.
This Division of the Adjustment Board has jurisdiction
L.Or
the
i'vTUie
7.t1'VOlVad hcY'G::!:L.
Pftrt1E':S 'i:0
said dispute were given due notice of hearing thereon,
`I')1!, C;7_a1T`Zn'G,
Carman We.. I'·"i. G'Jlc_.:aa1:r'I, wus notified by the Carrier on
October 2j-I,
1975,
t:"'-_:i'. C:'.2 '...._., LL1_SC;11,a0.:i'Ind for Rctive service with the
Ca;.'i:L.C'r because o3'
P?7i_i,ep.y.
The ;il.'Ke..'' s
r,.lY11r!'Ll_:i
:'?a:1 radical standards Mr
the Position
O:I
l..'tr__._,_ ...
:i1,1= l;l''Lt
a:'l.
C'.;yl_i.ap`CJ.G
be free
O:_ ....'!z'L'i'... i'O,-
.~, five _ _ .i,?__
.t-. :f. ;a1 r·'
and the Cl _ , _, upon
f'Y,: -`1ab_.,:7
c;,
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of _ ~.1
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,,, ,T _r.: .c-; ~~ _'-1 __,. ' , .. .~ `y .,t - ~,- ;,`n!' . U :_ '' s CI7.-_u.,.~' S_
;,r o...p .i2,y ir~..~ _ci~., ,~. i; and -~_e`. i. E. ~r. ur~o:i d:i 7.
not, 3_i7 the Carrier's 4_.t:;.. ,,__'.`l, the Mi:)_r':,_,..y._hl:. 2W .v:i.vL'_.:'I:a3::',daY'd5. COl_in1li"y
the Carrier's C7.__ -,1^.w1.''._eni;io!a letter of u,'i'iiC:, ;:= A 197], the ()rga.._jik.a:G:1.CU11.S"
General Chairman wrote ':V .____m'1t_'r On ~'iOVG?:i~·~Z' Cc', 1975, irEquesting that a,
neu?rra1. doctor 1);, ,.>_.'_.a=ctca :T-a accoi°dai:,.. with Rule >t'. of the Yarch 1, 1975
Agreement. !: ,LY:r3l C. i. ,1 atvclLd . .tav,:G1t from
the Claimant's
_
personal p!yi1.u:!-4:.t1 Ct._F3.·`Ylo;>_'.lc=' the Claimant's condition as epilepsy and
advising `GC:r';G 1V was h:W medical judgement that the Claimant ins able uCretl2)tiwOri.n:17viey. The O;b'tY'_.i'c_' _ 1'e: L:C7';u.!.4<1 v0 the General Crlal_.._.:r? i S
request i0?' '%I1'.' selection C:`'' c1 neutral '"i2y_.-c_-;3.i1 U.":':L:?Y' tole JS '1n a phoYE,
conlVer.°sat-loLt on _ u,,_.°uary 1_::_, 1976, and a ? ni,ter dated February 23, 1:; !'u,
Form 1 Inward No.
736+
Page, 2 Docket No.
7276
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77
declining the request since the Carrier's ptyrsicje,n and the Claimant's
physician both diagnosed Mr. Coleman's condition as epilepsy.
The Organization contends that the Carrier violated Rule
35
of the
Agreement
it
not answering the General Chairman's letter of
T'ovember 2_a,
1975
until February
23, 190";,
.;.i-.ich was beyond the
60-day
tme limits 01
=i1J_lc
_ 35.
We disagree. The General
CT2c9.7_I'7:::_.rl
filed
`3,
protest of ('',1C',CiC?a1:~'if1C`'~^-.t'iGn under
Rule ]8. This Rule
..:et:.
forth the procedures agreed the parties e . t0 by I o r
1;hc' T1handling of
I":E'C7.C
',l disputes. i t
:i_.; clearly ~ evident that
the '~)1'OC%dLl rprocedures
~ ._
Set
forth in
RUle
5e ate
?_''.'C°
comprehensive and complete. lo reference 1;:i made
to Rule
37 in 7-azlc `;, _.
_ . 6.0es
Ruo=.
35 35(
re'er to Rul.e
58
tar protests of
disqualification.
FL'7.,.
58
contains time 1.1_:=:7tS of 1t;' own.. FW_e 56i
'd
requires that the protect be presented within `' days. Pule - _..i ,,i't!_r; _)0 days. ~~) r. i
s
~· y 1..ire-,
that 8.1l claims
Or
grievances he presented l.ii writing within 60 days. An
analysis of the entirety of both riles clearly shows that Pule
35
an:1 Pule
58
have no relation to _,:C'h other. The
7.,?:1"(;ir... `121
w'!'1t1_:'~
r
1~Li.Le ..-j
Ci`~ _
- -. , ~ - i d no'
r. _ a_ ,
" T L
set o;..!, a ,.re-,.;_.r_; ._ c'_:::_. l:i.:!:it for the i,i ne:c't,o:w of L~n,Jor Relations to L'c:no:;a
to the General c',h;;._...r:; ,.n' : protest. And, the Yoar"d ;_s
rG`c
e_nnoweY'e~ to
~r'-'._0
r _ _
into this
rule
c`?,
time
J._,.;:Li,
f'L'C):
i another
rule.
." ._
will,
hp;d`~E~`
T -. ~ :x'y consider
_~l~C'f12r o2' not J, I'E'_sT;oI': ,.. rr:3.C i.._..de within a reasonable t:U?:r.:. ThC Or_"C.r17_G::.'i icJ'1 .>
CC:?~'ri'C;1G71 that %i"C time limits OC ~;'7~?.F~ 35
~;01,rc'..Yk in tu1lS I
:.;wt'i,E_>r fallecl. under
Rule 5' 'rejected.
The v)i'e:,,c ?i%:C3.ta.f,)'a contends that 17`,iC?~°.r' 1:,1't~_.. 58, Vtie ~.)~_e`i~,.,.'~_t,nt j',TaS e'.1tC.`1;,,1_Cd
to be .;Yn;.:.inm__ y a :;~:°.~i_;;~,1 physician, a neurologist, ,_.__n... the Claimant's
1:,1,y<-:~,. .. 'v_,: `_ ..d he :. ~s physically able to and the CarrAerY!d the .Ct?,t'Y'.'i.CL·r,S physician
claimed the O'~ ,':.jt·1~_Yl'~ -vi,,-,,s not physically able to work. 59 st:.,,tes in
s Ci'vlh.c'Yiii part-
"(a) The Ce"ne?wl Chairman ...~'u f:il.e with the Director of
Labor Relations r. written ~_~"_'J'LCS'G of the disqualification
U'LC:i1 shall QC.1.'L,de 3. C:CI _ o. ~ ~ °e.ir'a:L r ' ,'t, of t.e
!' the ,, u_ i''_i:.:L.'Lr
E-Iii?~-~ C)'~: E:c' S C:rr:'.'Z.O r q such protest shall bE: submitted within
thirty (;;0) G.,', s of notice G:`_` such disqualffication. Should
7
the r!1aO.1C` _' ._.. ._0.iv _ of the
employee's doctor conflict with
LhC): of 't.I~r.: Ca. ric?1'' S C10C°'GiJr, the Ji1`ilCw`F=_'E:T')`t, e.'tc. ~Ci?f'
(`:,'_:;;JlO,'.TeC' ::12..1 l each select ., doctor, '-'.;)-~y~ ~.l;;ri.-fig ,_c, c'1 other
of 'tiIC Ila.'n:.. ..".1d address !';-' the doctor selected." (Emphasis
added)
Tire Clai.;;:ar?t's p:~,~s~.Eri~;a and the Carrier's n11ysici-~.n both
agreed that thE!
Clu:i: ,a,nt had epilepsy. 0'?ac ca..E:ar lat;,^aa.`;c of I ~,.,_lc: 58 __ ~o~.-r a~:; tr,.a;; a
conflict la medical ~.~?-!:L::. , :?'-1St exist us a condition precedent
to the
r-
selection of a. neutral doctor. ,..'!e medical findings of t_i:. Claimant's
lO',,";W1.<.'1.u.',= ,'a."?.C7. the C._.':Ci -__'' ; 2;>'1yLC H.`.1 were I,tOt 1 to COIIi.'l..CV "~ ~C on: E.`G
r!d t,';:t". Therefore,
epilepsy" ,c C_~1 )_:',rr_: E'"r. we -.1:;,0_ '~'.~;'~ i=lc': Ca,t^-i C1' properly
_ l
declined the i"_tr_aGya.)_ CrJa: 1":'.':.Iat p request oL `d neutral doctor. Tre
Or';'' :.u17 :? atiC)?'t ...'t'. 1_tS Y..Ii1:.,. .. j.i Hot= that the Y'eQt'.G!; t for :; rF=';.'~t y"~ l C
,,cc,.C:CtCx"
not 11?'.de ~C - _ i ., .;d.c.`r c ..-~' ('~ ':Le:''S medical standards but IuadC:
, Oust '~,_.; ~e.. uJ.. ~_ _ Carrier's order to have the ul::..1 rL=,iiu examined by a specialist in the field at'
Form
1 Award
1"T
o. 7364
Page
3
Dock.:et No. 7276
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epilepsy to determine
1.T:t'If.''L;iIE.'r
or not Claimant bad epilcps,
clear that the General
Cilv%,a_1i::=tY: x'11aS`;,
S'O!_t:?:17.t medical f:LYICZln.n
~1 conflict
with that of the c;wi'l.v_t::c''r, before a, noutzwal doctor can be seaected. Since
the ~ ~' C
7oa.~
w
t
.., no
:1_
J'CC:~
fint 'bT~ vi, ~~' i S
. Y'GC
`, t
r ,..
'Y'(;w.~'.Y.1.i:~.t:1O'Z ii
1~.5
not <..
r~._. 1T :J~ 1.1~ _%1 SLl~._)~._i -,:c·'....
Or
a specialist. 1
_., 'C:.a_.,
si.Ce the report
of Dr. Keller, a neurologist,
on January 2l .,
1974,
'the Madvant lost consciousness Mile driving his
aLltC):-:Ob7.lf?
off C)u'f:y
8,1;n iT21;,
-involved
11? aYl aU`GU
aecident. leaving the
hospital emergency room he
t1':7.
c grand
.'12-`:.l
seizure observed by hospital
personnel, becoming stiff and
`all i: ? (:<..,.:_YF;a
C'~.5 . ITC'
was i:'E'i;'l.lrI-ied tO the
hospital
't'.'ilC't'E:
t-° had
nnU`Il:!CGx' sG:LZi7_..".'E.
=n view of the
CZcL,i::_:=;::r!ttS
own
physWan's findings and the Carrier's physician's findings, the Carrier had
no contractual or other
C`,17.
i: nvi0i: to seek
`u,'T:OT."1C:,:'
medical
U'':1:11.GY1
as to
1'T,1C,GhE'r.
or
'20t
the Claimani does in fact have epilepsy.
Ho bas:i exists
it?
the record before the Board to find that the Carrier's
medical tC?'u
a.-_-Ci.1:
an , ., _ s
1C be
r·. t
period ~,p'~`,~.
~t'E~rl'~i.1_'
-._rl-', :.: iy.':.!_4.v.is.' Me L1'from
SG17Ll'CS Y _`_'O't"
__'u
1r,_~,, - _ _.~,1
~
~.1.-
v`1 _. . . _lWi:iCi_ -
of ~'of
..VG.T~.,
C~1_, .:'J.
i,!~t.'_.C.
:,"e.CaC.,u_
_~
ltirl`E'S.;;~
the
~;l`;"E'''t
nature of
railroad ,.; _ .t
.;., , _ ,:or'A;
o::' a Caln=!.n. ,:c
a.railroad
.~2?.~
.)t; ,.~ ~._i ..!. , _.':>_C
.~`j
~°.i
~..
.nature of '~
inature
o. iyrf.
'·f~,
nu
f~_
"~.:C:_,j' ' u-I,.L _I'I_lit?:~_'_~'~5 ['.i:.u.WW:C·..
.,e have found USt,
.7
t:. ?:i _ _ a
'~lr.'.,~,
._.) C'CY _-C ,~ _-C. ., 1._'1 i ;w ._Ce~ . ~ .
-_1C:
Currier's
_'ic~.
~.n
7
..~.~
,,~.
relate to
epilepsy are not unreasonable.
'I
_a: W.~. ._ : : ... ~.__ r~. ~.,r. u they _'i_ ,.,G '~ _ - CD
~' ('.''.' . 'i .;.ni1.CLL'°C).C. ')t'Ct: lud. , , n,..,n._,'.Ii ._'?''U:'_ _'t,', ..,. 1nm
active s. .. , ..CE? aa _,_.c,..
C1
...).' f : 1
'C,.. . ~_:1_.f . t _
,T.i_ _ r ~t ,~ . ~._r<; :~Y~ `v?'A' i;:J:`(.:.:?c:"L, t 'On the V1e::__ . fl;: i ability
.1....).'f:1'C,...~ 'f:1'C,...~).1'C,...~ ~...~ the t_~ .:.~,_..,~:.~JL . ~ ` ~'~_ .~.. ~
n0 T.":'t;lA'Y! ,:.U :lU1.'ii 8:S a Cain= has no ccntC'Caiu.^<-~C'G2'_al .. ta?d1.ti= 0. Sl'_c;_._Z C;u:L7,'~
this claim.
tl'.T w~-r -- .w _ r-p ' y_ ·. '~.~ y, - n with the .r=pi.y.a~ hay _
t C, '0;: . _'~
!':.ti'.,~ ''b ~L' _ '~ ~, ~G r`r~.1~ ''7CY ? ?2F' 'G ' , /n~, _2 m.,;i
~ `? it -'1- . ,,.?. i;. .. -, ant, .,.... sr'._ on t}_.. .,l'.'.1:..'.? t' .a :-furl '.' ' ~ ~ since filing U:_.
~~1
c,7. . 'L ..~: C..~. 'he Clainantthe .t t.~r- ., , r,', .~ !`,:. Me (_ a:'1' 1.`'Y'' .., 2
,t'LC.';i!n. 'LO selectively
place l.._,:
'.i.: claim . .j.,_._.-...claim T'...._ 'f:. t._ _. . _ ,
C,`lui:~_.,?i'~. 1f i%'::._a_'tW.,f_'z Thorn l1t: could Lurve the Carrier and not risk
injury
to hi1t?SCi:i.' ~__!.rw~r~t) . U U_l,~i' GT'it?1UTCS
>
P l`:~ ~'~ n D
C. l-. :L lii Ci C1-.':.! .!_ C'. C1.
T~dA1~:0i,TE1T~ T'vAIL~LUC~LD ,~1DJU0'I'~'.`~'.'iv'T rOAi,T
Bar Ozwdf.::r of Second Di%rision
";1;t,. sT, F'xec:::vc:i'sre ;vc,:,n.:tar;y
rational Fa:i:iz'on:T Adjustment Board `
v=._ ~,s _.~ . z 4. ~,~
... _, ,., , - rr~`
.ii'y ~'`is . ... ., .._· ,. ~~ ~~' `. :~ .~ _ , .-.. _ .'~`t efl
Nl.'fi~i.':.t C'~1:~Cc4;;C.)~ Illinois, this 30th day of Sejlte:=_'!beY', 1977.