Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Co. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

This is an appeal by an employer, the Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board’s order affirming a referee’s award to the claimant, William H. Gerber, of payments for total disability due to coal worker’s pneumoconiosis.

The claimant worked for the employer as an underground coal miner from' 1929 until 1945 when he became a repairman of mining equipment, still working underground. From 1966 until his retirement on June 21, 1974, the claimant was head mechanic at the employer’s training and…