Andring v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

William Andring (Claimant) appeals from an order of the Workmens Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming the decision of a referee which dismissed Claimants petition for compensation under the occupational disease provisions of The Pennsylvania Workmens Compensation Act (Act).1 We reverse.

*174The referee found that Claimant was last employed in the bituminous coal mining industry by Keystone Coal Mining Corporation (Keystone) from sometime in 1967 to October 23, 1980. The referee also found that Claimant is disabled, either totally or partially, due to coal workers…