Alcoa v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

Alcoa (employer) appeals from a decision and order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (board) affirming the referee’s grant of benefits to claimant, wife of decedent Floyd Huber.

*154Decedent, 52 years old, had been employed by Alcoa for 29 years. He last worked on August 10-11, 1976, the 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. shift, when, as the testimony establishes, decedent worked as part of the stretcher-saw-finisher crew, racking various weights and lengths of aluminum. At the crew’s 4:30 a.m. break, decedent complained that his shoulder was hurting him badly; after that…