Dearolf v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Mencer,

Harry A. Dearolf (petitioner) has appealed from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) which denied benefits under Section 402(e) of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Act), Act of December 5, 1936, Second Ex. Sess., P.L. (1937) 2897, as amended, 43 P.S. §802(e); We affirm.

The petitioner was employed as a warehouseman by the Haskell Manufacturing Company (employer). On June 22, 1979, he was driving a forklift through an aisle in the employer’s factory when he bumped into a storage bin, knocking three metal plates to the floor. The petitioner…