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ARTICLE IX - OFF-TRACK
VEHICLE ACCIDENT BENEFITS
Article XI(b) of the July
17, 1968 Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Agreement, Article IX(b)
of the July 29, 1968 Switchmen's Union of North America Agreement,
Article IX(b) of the September 14, 1968 Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen and Enginemen Agreement, Article V(b) of the March 19, 1969
United Transportation Union (C) Agreement and Article V(b) of the
April 15, 1969 United Transportation Union (E) Agreement, as amended
by Article XIII of the August 25, 1978 United Transportation Union
Agreement, are further amended as follows effective on the date of
this Agreement.
Section 1
Paragraph(b)(1) - Accidental
Death or Dismemberment of the above-referenced Agreement provisions
is amended to read as follows:
"(1) Accidental Death
or Dismemberment
The carrier will provide for
loss of life or dismemberment occurring within 120 days after date
of an accident covered in paragraph (a):
| Loss of Life |
$300,000 |
| Loss of Both Hands |
$300,000 |
| Loss of Both Feet |
$300,000 |
| Loss of Sight of
Both Eyes |
$300,000 |
| Lossof One Hand
and One Foot |
$300,000 |
| Loss of One Hand
and Sight of One Eye |
$300,000 |
| Loss of One Foot
and Sight of One Eye |
$300,000 |
| Loss of One Hand
or One Foot or Sight of One Eye |
$150,000 |
"Loss" shall mean,
with regard to hands and feet, dismemberment by severance through or
above wrist or ankle joints; with regard to eyes, entire and
irrecoverable loss of sight.
No more than $300,000 will
be paid under this paragraph to any one employee or his personal
representative as a result of any one accident."
Section 2
Paragraph (b)(3) - Time Loss
of the above-referenced Agreement provisions is amended to read as
follows:
"(3) Time Loss
The carrier will provide an
employee who is injured as a result of an accident covered under
paragraph (a) commencing within 30 days after such accident 80% of
the employee's basic full-time weekly compensation from the carrier
for time actually lost, subject to a maximum payment of $1,000.00
per week for time lost during a period of 156 continuous weeks
following such accident provided, however, that such weekly payment
shall be reduced by such amounts as the employee is entitled to
receive as sickness benefits under provisions of the Railroad
Unemployment Insurance Act."
Section 3
Paragraph(b)(4) - Aggregate
Limit of the above-referenced Agreement provisions is amended by
raising such limit to $10,000,000.
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