Beisswanger v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Judge PELLEGRINI.2

Donald Beisswanger (Claimant) petitions for review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) reversing the Workers’ Compensation Judge’s (WCJ) decision which had granted his claim petition.

On January 23, 1998, Claimant filed a claim petition alleging that on May 10, 1991, he sustained a permanent disfigurement while working for NGK Metals Corporation (Employer) as a furnace operator/helper when hot metal exploded and splashed on the back of his neck. Employer filed an answer denying the allegation and alleging that the claim petition was…