SPECIAL 130ARD 01-' ADJUSTMENT N0. 976


BROTHERHOOD OF MAINTENANCE Or WAY EMPLOYES

 VS.

 CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION

 STATEMENT Or CLAIM:

          30 Day suspension assessed J. R. Rose in connection with being charged with failure to comply with RulesI and 104 of the Rules of the Transportation Department.


    Upon the whole record and all the evidence, after hear.ind, 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 constitutcd by agreement under Public Law 89-456 and has jurisdiction of the parties and subject matter.


AWARD: The Pilot and Operator were directly in charge of the
        crane's movement, the claimant was merely there to

        get qualified on the territory. Under these circumstances, it was not :his direct responsibility to report

        the incident, therefore discipline shall be reduced to a reprimand.


                C. A. Peacock, Neutral Memhcr


i' . Domzalsljj(~. Carrier Member odd, Orqanivation

 Issued this 3"~ clay of __ ., _ ___ 1."·:;<,.