School District of Philadelphia v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

RODGERS, Senior Judge.

The School District of Philadelphia (Employer) petitions for review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) that reversed the decision of a workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) that denied Edward Hennegan’s (Claimant) claim petition requesting benefits for a binaural hearing loss suffered as a result of long-term exposure to hazardous occupational noise. We reverse.

Claimant worked for Employer as a machine shop teacher from 1975 until the end of the school year in June 1991, when Claimant took a sabbatical and then retired. On August 7, 1995, Claimant…