Crucible Steel v. Commonwealth, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Wilkinson, Jr.,

Petitioner appeals from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming an award of compensation payable to the surviving dependent widow of the claimant in the initial claim petition. We affirm.

Decedent worked for petitioner from September 14, 1942 to July 23, 1974. Until July of 1972 decedent worked as a laborer in the petitioner’s coke and coal handling department; he worked primarily in the bunker bins, breaker room, and mixing room. *273From July 1972 to July 1974, decedent was employed as a senior operator in the coal handling department;…