Pittsburgh Forgings Co. v. Commonwealth

OPINION by

Judge Wilkinson, Jr.,

The two cases which have been consolidated for appeal here involve awards of benefits by the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) pursuant to The Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act (Act)1 for facial and neck disfigurement resulting from burns sustained by claimants while working for Pittsburgh Forgings Company (employer). We affirm.

At the times of their respective injuries, claimant, Perry 0. Rose, and claimant, Dennis K. Stark, both worked as hot press operators or “trimmers” in employer’s forge shop. As trimmers, claimants work on the opposite side…