Combustion Engineering v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Williams, Jr.,

Petitioner, Combustion Engineering, appeals from an order of tbe Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed a referee’s decision awarding claimant disability benefits under Section 306(a) of The Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act (Act).1 The referee found that claimant suffered from silicosis, an occupational disease set forth in Section 108 (k) of the Act.2

Claimant, Frank Y. Karnack, was last employed as a foundry worker by Combustion Engineering. Throughout the course of his employment with Combustion, claimant was exposed to airborne…