Litton Industries v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

This is an employer’s appeal from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board reversing the order of a referee granting the employer’s application for modification of an agreement for compensation.

On September 17,1977, the claimant suffered compensable work-related injuries resulting in the amputation of portions of the first, second, third and fourth fingers of his right hand.1 In January, 1978, he was provided with a notice of compensation payable for total disability, in which his injury was described as “caught 3 fingers in machine.” The parties executed a…