Buckeye Pipe Line Co. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

NARICK, Senior Judge.

The issue before this Court is whether a traveling employee who removes debris blocking his passage and then is struck by a passing vehicle when attempting to remove additional debris hampering other motorists, has abandoned his employment, making him ineligible for workers’ compensation benefits.

Buckeye Pipe Line Company (Employer) appeals from the order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB) that affirmed, but modified the Workers’ Compensation Judge’s (WCJ) grant of benefits to Alan A. Abt (Claimant). We affirm.

Claimant worked as an electronic technician for…