Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation (employer) appeals from a decision of the Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) awarding compensation to John Andrachek, Jr. (claimant) for disfigurement on the right side of his nose as a result of blisters occurring from the extreme heat on three separate dates in his work as blast furnace first helper.

The referee disallowed compensation on the ground that “extreme heat and burns are incidental to claimant’s employment.”

The Board set aside that finding of the referee and made its own finding “that extreme heat…