Horne v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Senior Judge McCloskey.

This case involves the cross-petitions for review of Michael Horne (Claimant) and Chalmers & Kubeck (Employer) from an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board), affirming the decision of the Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ), granting Claimant’s claim petition. 1 We now affirm in part and reverse and remand in part.

Employer employed Claimant as an industrial mechanic beginning on November 30, 1998. Claimant’s job duties included overhauling valves of all. different sizes both on-site at Employer’s facility and off-site at facilities which…