Hayden v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Palladino,

James Oliver Hayden (Claimant) appeals here from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Ap*453peal Board (Board) which reversed a referee’s grant of compensation benefits under The Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act (Act).1 We reverse.

Claimant worked for Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation (Employer) from January 28, 1973 until July 13, 1975. During the last eight months of his employment with the Employer, Claimant worked as a furnace inlet man. Claimant’s duties as an inlet man consisted of standing in a hole and, by using a long handled spoon, placing a mixture…