Bethenergy Mines, Inc. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

McGINLEY, Judge.

BethEnergy Mines, Inc. (Employer) petitions for review of an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed a referee’s decision awarding Alexander Kudra (Claimant) benefits under The Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act (Act), Act of June 2, 1915, P.L. 736, as amended, 77 P.S. §§ 1-1031. We affirm.

Claimant, 67 years old, had worked for Employer for approximately forty years as an underground coal miner until his retirement on February 21, 1985. For the last two and a half years of his employment Claimant worked as an underground car repairman…