Parties to Dispute,:

Statement of Claim:

SPECIAL BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT NO. 1049

Award No. 8

Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes

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Norfolk Southern Railway Company

T. Word - request for restoration and pay account dismissed for violation of safety' rule concerning failure to report an alleged personal injury [file number MW-MACN-89-10].

Upon the whole record and all the evidence, after hearing, the Board finds that the parties herein are carrier and employee within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, and this board is duly constituted by agreement under Public Law 89-456 and has jurisdiction of the parties and subject matter.

This award is based on the facts and circumstances of this particular case and shall not serve as a precedent in any other case.

AWARD

Claim disposed of as foll w:

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James E. Mason

Richard A. Lau organization member

miller- . Carries Memb

Issued at Norfolk, Virginia, May 29, 1991