Martin v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Senior Judge Barbieri,

Charles Martin (Petitioner) appeals from the dismissal of his workmens compensation petition for hear*202ing loss as time barred under Sections 311 and 315 of The Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Act, 77 P.S. §§631 and 602 respectively.1 We affirm the order of the Workmens Compensation Appeal Board (Board) dismissing the petition. At the time of the referees hearing, Petitioner was a 61 year old man who had been employed in the mill of Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation for 34 years. He testified that he first began experiencing hearing problems in 1974 which…