Gabriel v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Palladino,

This is an appeal by Anthony Gabriel (Petitioner) from an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming the decision of a referee which denied Petitioners claim for Workmen's Compensation benefits. We affirm.

On November 23, 1982, Petitioner, while engaged in his employment as a crane operator for No. 1 Contracting Corporation, suffered chest pains which he characterizes as “an injury in the nature of a heart attack.” At the time he suffered these chest pains, Petitioner was pulling and putting outrigger pads, weighing between 50 and 75 pounds,…