Funkhouser v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

Lewis Funkhouser (claimant) appeals from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) affirming a referee’s decision that the claimant was ineligible for benefits because he had voluntarily terminated his employment without cause of a necessitous and compelling nature.

The claimant was employed by the Goodyear Tire Company (employer) as a tire buffer and was required to operate a machine that removed the tread from used tires. On his last day of work on June 14, *351978, for reasons not revealed in the record, he experienced extreme difficulty in the…