Consolidated Coal Co. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

PELLEGRINI, Judge.

Consolidated Coal Company (Employer) appeals from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed the Referee’s decision to grant Steve Bardos (Claimant) workmen’s compensation benefits for a period of fifty weeks as a result of a facial disfigurement he sustained while in the course of his employment.

Claimant was employed by Consolidated Coal Company for eighteen years. On November 23, 1988, during the course of his employment, Claimant was struck by a chain binder and sustained an injury to the right side of his face. Although the Employer paid…