Connelly v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

John F. Connelly, Jr. (claimant) asserts that he should not have been denied benefits by the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) which found that his unemployment was due to his own willful misconduct.1

The claimant was last employed by the Atlantic Richfield Company (employer) as a control room operator and was required to monitor and control *637the temperature, flow, and pressure of furnace oil and gasoline. Any neglect or error in the performance of such duties could have caused explosions or fires and could also have endangered the safety of other…