Asten Hill Manufacturing Co. v. Commonwealth

OpiNioN by

Judge Wilkinson, Jr.,

Petitioner appeals an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) awarding disability benefits to claimant. We affirm.

Claimant worked for petitioner as a bobbin winder from May 1, 1946 to November 9, 1973. For five *22months in 1970 claimant was laid off while the plant was closed. Throughout her employment claimant worked with asbestos yarn; she testified as to the dusty conditions around her machine and the penetration of the asbestos into her hands.

In September 1973 claimant was hospitalized for a heart condition and shortness of breath. At that…