Brobst v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Schuylkill Products, Inc.)

OPINION BY

Judge FRIEDMAN.

Sean Brobst (Claimant) petitions for review of the November 12, 2002, order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB), which affirmed the decision of the workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) to grant Claimant’s claim petition but to suspend Claimant’s wage loss benefits for refusing to perform an available job. We affirm.

Claimant began working as a laborer for Schuylkill Products, Inc. (Employer) in September of 1994. On December 17, 1996, while Claimant was attempting to position a large metal “A” frame with a crowbar, Claimant lost his grip on the crowbar and…