Hill v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

Eric Hill has appealed from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board affirming a referee’s decision refusing him an award of workmen’s compensation benefits for disability due to pneumoconiosis.

Hill worked as a coal miner from 1927 until 1950. Prom 1950 until 1966 he was employed by a tire service company. In 1966, Hill began working for Martinsburg Electrical Associates, Inc. as an electrician, working primarily at coal mines running conduit and pulling wires. He left his employment with Martins-burg in January 1976 because, as he said, he “couldn’t get…