Armco Steel Corp. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

Armco Steel Corporation (Armco), the employer, appeals from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed a referee’s award to Joseph A. Magnone (claimant) for the permanent loss of his right eye under Section 306(7) of The Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act.1

On August 11, 1973, the claimant, while in the course of his employment as a millwright helper, sus*120tained two injuries to his right eye. The first occurred when a fellow employee threw a metal nut into a bucket of kerosene the claimant was leaning over while cleaning some tools,…