Bucci v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

COLINS, Judge.

Thomas Bucci (Claimant) petitions for review of the order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) that affirmed the decision of the Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ) dismissing Claimant’s claim petition. We affirm.

From 1971 through 1993, Claimant was employed by Rockwell International (Employer) as a machine operator. Claimant acknowledged that his hearing “wasn’t the best” when he started working for Employer in 1971, but felt that his hearing had substantially “deteriorated” during the last ten years of his employment, when he worked in an area approximately 40 to 50…