Westinghouse Electric Corp. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Senior Judge McCLOSKEY.

Westinghouse Electric Corporation/CBS (Employer) petitions for review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming the decision of a Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ), granting Dena Simon’s (Claimant) claim petition pursuant to the provisions of the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act (Act). 1 We affirm.

Claimant was working for Employer as a pipe-fitter on March 20, 1998. While lifting jugs of acid weighing between thirty-five and fifty pounds, Claimant testified that she felt a sharp pain in her left leg and buttocks. She claimed…