Fox Grocery Co. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

Fox Grocery Company (petitioner) petitions for review of an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed a referee’s granting of benefits to Raymond Shetterly (claimant).

The facts of record are as follows. The claimant began working for the employer in May 1982 as an order assembler in the employer’s warehouse. His duties in*28volved heavy physical labor, including the lifting of parcels ranging in weight from five to seventy pounds, and the operation of a floor jack. At some time subsequent to October 1982, the employer instituted a new…