United States Steel Corp. v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

The United States Steel Corporation (employer) appeals here from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed a referee’s decision awarding compensation to Thomas Elkins (claimant) for the loss of the use of his left foot.

In 1968, an accident in the course of the claimant’s employment necessitated the amputation of all five toes and portions of the metatarsal bones of his left foot. On December 6, 1968, pursuant to The Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act1 (Act), the claimant filed a petition for benefits alleging that he suffered the…