Sulyma v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Senior Judge Barbieri,

Onfrey Sulyma (Claimant) petitions for review of the order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) dismissing his claim petition under the occupational disease provisions of The Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act (Act), Act of June 2, 1915, P.L. 736, as amended, 77 PS. §§1-1601.1. We affirm.

Claimant was employed as a custodian for Miners-ville Area School District (Employer) from 1957 to 1977. Prior to 1957, Claimant worked as an underground miner in the anthracite coal mining industry for ten years. From 1957 to 1968, Claimant worked in the…