Whychulis v. Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co.

Berger, J.,

This is an appeal by the defendant from an order of the Compensation Board affirming the referee’s award of compensation to the claimant for injuries sustained by a gas explosion while at his work in one of the defendant’s mines. The defence set up in the defendant’s *74answer to the claim petition is that the claimant’s injury is due to his violation of the Act of June 2, 1891, P. L. 176, entitled “An $ct to provide for the health and safety of persons employed in and about the anthracite coal mines of Pennsylvania and for the protection and preservation of property connected…