Form 1 NATIONAL RAILROAD AD.JTUMMNT BOARD Award No. 7671
SECOND DIVISION' Docket No. 7594
2-SI'f-CM-' 78

The Second Division consisted of the regular members and in addition Referee Rolf Valtin when award was rendered.

( System Federation No. 162, Railway Employes'

( Department, A. F. of L. - C. I. 0.

Parties to Dispute: ( (Carmen)

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( Southern Pacific Transportation Company

Dispute: Claim of Eqsloyes:

1. That the Southern Pacific Transportation Company (Teas and Louisiana Lines) violated the controlling agreement, particularly Rule 34, when they unjustly assessed Carman J. P. Jackson's personal record t~rith 60 demerits follcwing investigation held on August 11, 1976.

2. That accordingly, the Southern Pacific Transportation Company (Texas and Louisiana Lines) be ordered to remove the 60 demerits from Carman Jackson's personal recoM.

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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 ee-ploye :rithin the meaning of tile 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.

The claimant is a Carman with about 15 years of service with the Carrier (about 13 years when the present case arose). on Ju1-y. 26, :.~.97C, he filed an "Employe's Report of Accident". In accordance with the instructions given in the form, he himself prepared the report. It geves July 12, 1976, as the date of the accident and claims a back injury as a result of bending and pulling floor plotes in a railroad cap. The Carrier subsequently care to the conclusion that no such accident had occurred. On the grounds of falsification, 13 assessed the claimant 60 demerits. The Organization i s here challenging the disciplinary action, asserting that adequate evidence for sustaining the falsification charge :is lachirg.
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Form 1 Award No. 7671
Page 3 Docket No. 7594
2-SPT-CM-'78

We believe that these considerations, put together, add up to a holding that the Carrier has met its burden of proof.

A W A R D

Claim denied.

NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUS=PIT BOARD

By Order of Second Division

Attest: Executive Secretary
National Railroad Adjustment Board

.~;us<aiarie Brascii - ":cuninistzative _.ssistant

Dated at~Chicago, Illinois, ti-iis 15th day of August, 1978.