Claim of Guidera v. Abelove's Laundry

Staley, Jr., J.

Appeal by, the employer and its insurance carrier from a decision of the *1071Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed April 4, 1969. On November 2, 1965 George Guidera died while he was cleaning an ironer with an airgun and hose weighing about 20 pounds at the employer’s laundry. In order to clean the lint from the ironer, it was necessary for him to crawl under the machine with about eight inches of clearance space above him and, while on his back or side with his arms outstretched, to direct the airgun with 100 pounds pressure at any lint in the machine. At about 12:35 a.m. on…