MPW Industrial Services v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

DISSENTING OPINION BY

Senior Judge KELLEY.

I respectfully dissent.

Section 2208 of the Administrative Code of 1929 (Administrative Code)1 provides, in pertinent part:

[T]he Department of Labor and Industry [ (Department) ] shall have the power, and its duty shall be:(a) To administer and, enforce the laws of this Commonwealth, as now ex*323isting or hereafter enacted, relating to workmen’s compensation ...;(b) To receive and classify reports of all accidents and injuries; to receive and examine or disapprove agreements, supplemental agreements, notices, receipts, final receipts, and other papers in…