Dugan v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

PALLADINO, Judge.

Nicholas Dugan (Claimant) appeals from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board), which affirmed a referee’s order granting compensation beginning on the day he notified his employer, the Fuller Company of Catasauqua (Fuller), of an injury and ending on the day he retired.

On September 11, 1984, Claimant was assigned the task of clearing pieces of metal from a shop floor. After three hours of work, Claimant felt tightness and burning in his upper chest and upper abdomen. The pain gradually increased and as a result Claimant left work early. Later that night,…