United States Steel Corp. v. Commonwealth, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Wilkinson, Jr.,

This appeal arises from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming the referee’s decision awarding survival benefits and attorney’s fees to Wilma C. Repko (claimant). We affirm the granting of benefits but reverse the award of attorney’s fees.

Decedent was employed by petitioner (employer) as an overhead crane operator. His job required him to remove the lid from a box-shaped furnace, lift and maneuver heavy slabs of steel into the furnace, and *252replace the lid. He had to watch out for workers who might be in dangerous areas beneath the…