As Third Party in Interest, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers was advised of the pendency of this dispute and chose to file a Submission with the Board.
On February 19, 1992, Carman R. Hamilton was assigned the job of removing a handbrake from Engine 62.14 and installing a new handbrake. This work was performed in the Roundhouse on pit 6 at the Carrier's Cumberland, Maryland, Locomotive Shop. A Machinist Helper assisted Carman Hamilton with this assignment by lifting the handbrake after Carman Hamilton disconnected it. He also helped lift the new handbrake in place for Carman Hamilton to install it.
The Organization claims that the Nvork assigned to the Machinist Helper was work exclusively reserved to Carmen by Classification of Work Rule 138 and therefore a Carman should have been given an overtime call to perform this craft work. It is noteworthy that Rule 138 does not expressly reserve lifting handbrakes to Carmen. Lifting a handbrake does not require any special skills, knowledge or training, in the opinion of this Board. It is not the type of work generally recognized as Carmen's work. Nor has this work been performed exclusively by Carmen on this property by custom, practice or tradition.
Even if the unskilled work assigned to the Machinist Helper was considered work reserved to Carmen by Classification of Work Rule 138, a Carman would not have been given an overtime call to help lift the handbrake on February 19, 1992, because this task was so de minimis. Carman Hamilton expended a total of one and one-half hours removing a handbrake and installing a new one on Engine 6244. The Carrier estimates that the Machinist Helper spent approximately 30 minutes assisting Carman Hamilton with this assignment. A Carman would not have been called on overtime to perform such a de minimis unskilled task. The instant claim is therefore denied.
This Board, after consideration of the dispute identified above, hereby orders that an award favorable to the Claimant(s) not be made.