Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.

Opinion by

Judge Mencer,

This is an appeal by Westinghouse Electric Corporation (appellant) from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) sustaining a referee’s award of compensation to Anthony Venturella (claimant) for the loss of use of three fingers and the thumb on his right hand.1

All the parties agree that claimant suffered an industrial accident when, on August 21, 1970, during the course of his employment, claimant was struck on his right hand by a large bracket that had fallen from a gyp crane in Westinghouse’s welding shop. Although appellant and claimant entered…