Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board v. Hamilton

Opinion by

Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

This is an appeal by Ethel Hamilton (Claimant) from an opinion and order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming the referee’s denial of workmen’s compensation benefits and dismissing her claim petition.

Claimant was employed by the N.V.F. Company (Employer) in April 1969. From December, 1969 until Jan*427uary, 1971 Claimant’s duties consisted of operating a plastic molding machine. The work required repeated overhead striking of a wooden mallet against the machine in order to loosen the finished product by knocking side plates from the top of a…