ABRASIVES v. W.C.A.B. (HOCKENBERRY)


166 Pa.Commw. 383 (1994)

646 A.2d 678

ROTOBLAST ABRASIVES and c/o Gates, McDonald, Petitioners, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (Frank HOCKENBERRY), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided August 3, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Schmitt, for petitioners.

George H. Thompson and Alexander J. Pentecost, for respondent.

Lori Ann Gala, for intervenor.

Before DOYLE and NEWMAN, JJ., SILVESTRI, Senior Judge.


DOYLE, Judge.

Before the Court is an appeal by Rotoblast (Employer) from an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board which affirmed the workers' compensation judge's (WCJ) decision to grant benefits to Frank Hockenberry (Claimant).

On March 12, 1982, Claimant, a furnace operator, suffered a work related injury when his shirt caught fire while he was shovelling silicate in a furnace. He was thrown to the floor and rolled around by co-workers attempting...

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