Armco Steel Corp. v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

The petitioner, Armco Steel Corporation, appeals the decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which granted benefits to the claimant, Joseph Kolar, for total disability resulting from an occupational disease under Section 108 (n) of the Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act.1

The claimant was employed by the petitioner from April of 1934 until February 8, 1976, in a hot mill, which produced seamless steel pipe and where, as the referee found, he was exposed to the hazards of dusts from coal, graphite, chrome, manganese and mckel used in the production…