Maple Creek Mining Co. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Judge SIMPSON.

Maple Creek Mining Company (Employer) petitions for review of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board’s (Board) decision affirming the Workers’ Compensation Judge’s (WCJ) denial of Employer’s petition to suspend George Bakos, Jr.’s (Claimant) benefits. The WCJ determined Claimant’s left ankle injury was not a specific loss of his left foot. We affirm.

Claimant, now almost fifty years old, worked as a general inside laborer in Employer’s mine. His job involved carrying items weighing up to 200 pounds, often while he walked through mud and water. In 1996, Claimant was…