Newcomer Products v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Senior Judge McCLOSKEY.

Newcomer Products and Zurich North America (hereafter collectively referred to as Employer) petition for review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board), affirming the decision of the Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ), granting the claim petition filed on behalf of William Irvin (Claimant). We now affirm.

Employer employed Claimant for approximately thirty-five years. 1 For the last five to seven years, Claimant was steadily employed as a furnace operator. In this position, Claimant was exposed to a constant humming noise from a pump on a…