SPECIAL BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT N0. 976


          BROTHERHOOD OF MAINTENANCE OF WAY EMPLOYES


                          VS.


                CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION


STATEMENT OF CLAIM:

        Appeal of reprimand assessed J. E. Lentz in connection with being charged with violation of safety rule 3000.


    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.


AWARD: Claim disposed of as follows:

    Considering the mitigating factors involved, we find the claimant was not culpable and therefore the reprimand will be expunged from his record.


                C. A. Peacock, Neutral Member


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 Issued this ~.4 day of ~ (~,__, 1989.