PARTIES Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees
 DISTUTE: - and -
 ' Seaboard System Railroad

 STATEMENT Appeal from 30-day suspension imposed on Trackman
 CL77M: J. W. Fortenberry.

 FINDINGS: ' Claimant was suspended by Carrier on-the basis of
 ' findings that he and another employee, L. Walton,
 were involved in a physical altercation while at
 work.
 The record indicates that as the argument developed,
 Walton struck claimant with a shovel and claimant retreated and then
 picked up a rock and hurled it at Walton. Claimant then was pursued
 by Walton and the two men wrestled on the ground for a few minutes.
 Even if Walton had been the aggressor, and that
 is not clear, claimant was not acting purely in self-defense when he
 threw the rock. There is no basis for disturbing Carrier's decision.

 AWARD: Claim denied.



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