Cyclops Corporation/Sawhill Tubular Division v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

KELLEY, Judge.

The issue before this court on appeal is whether the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (board) erred in affirming a referee’s decision that an employer had a duty to find alternative employment for a claimant that would not aggravate claimant’s non-disabling work-related pneumoconiosis when it has been established that the claimant was totally disabled due to a non-work-related condition.

Cyclops Corporation/Sawhill Tubular Division (employer) appeals from an order of the board which affirmed a referee’s decision granting William Paulsen (claimant) benefits because employer…