Blackshear v. Commonwealth, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

The claimant1 has appealed the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board’s affirmance of a referee’s decision denying compensation to claimant, a press operator.

On March 5, 1976, the claimant, while inside the employer’s2 plant, preparing to begin her duties on the 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. work shift, slipped on spilled oil and fell to the floor. Consequently, on March 8, 1976, Dr. Cattie, the company physician, examined the claimant and diagnosed her as having suffered a contusion of her right buttock as a result of her fall on March 5.

According to the employer’s attendance records,…