Shops v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

This protracted workmen’s compensation litigation has its origin in injuries .sustained by Albert Reichard on July 6, 1971, while he was performing the duties of his employment as a welder with Martin N. Hoover Shops. On that date the claimant was engaged in propagating a weld when an open can of paint thinner, apparently left in the area by a co-worker, was ignited spraying Mr. Reichard with flaming liquid and causing him to suffer second and third degree burns over sixty per cent of his body. In the course of attempting to extinguish the flames, the claimant was…