Jones v. AUTO SPECIALTIES MANUFACTURING COMPANY

Defendant appeals by leave granted from an opinion and order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board granting plaintiff an open award of partial disability benefits commencing July 1, 1980. We affirm in part, reverse in part and remand.

Plaintiff, born May 17, 1919, began his employment with defendant in July, 1947. After a short time, he was placed on the "big shake-out” removing iron castings from molds. Plaintiff performed this job for six years, working forty-seven double shifts during that period. Sometime in the early 1950s, while working at the shake-out, plaintiff lost his balance…