Mikolay v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Doyle;

Andrew Mikolay (Claimant) appeals to this Court from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming the decision of a referee dismissing claimant’s petition for compensation. For the reasons, which follow, we affirm the order of the Board.

Claimant was employed by the Borough of Coaldale (Employer) in various capacities beginning in 1926 until his voluntary.termination on May 13, 1977. He worked periodically, from the. start of spring to the end of summer, from 1957 to 1977 as a bulldozer operator which entailed covering garbage in a landfill three…