Deitrich v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

McGINLEY, Judge.

Helen Jane Deitrich (Claimant), widow of George W. Deitrich (Decedent), petitions for review of an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which reversed a referee’s decision granting Claimant benefits pursuant to her fatal claim petition. We reverse.

Decedent, who was sixty-one years old at the time of his death, worked at Shamokin Cycle Shop (Employer) for approximately forty years. On June 2, 1986, at approximately 10:00 a.m., Decedent called for assistance while coasting a riding tractor down a wooden ramp placed on the back of a customer’s pick-up truck. A…