Mathies Coal Co. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

PELLEGRINI, Judge.

Mathies Coal Company (Employer) files a Petition for Review appealing an Order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming a Referee’s Decision granting the Fatal Claim Petition of Vickie Lynn Tau (Claimant).*

*26Claimant’s deceased spouse, William P. Tau (Tau), worked for Employer as a utility man in the underground mine of the Employer. The utility man does all the odd jobs and gets “cuts” ready for the other miners. (29a).1 Upon arrival at work on October 10, 1984, Tau and several members of the “crew” went down into the mine. (29a-30a). Upon arriving at the…