Budd Co. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

FRIEDMAN, Judge.

The Budd Company (Employer) appeals from the March 28, 2000 order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB), which affirmed the decision of a workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) to grant the hearing loss petition filed by Walter Curran (Claimant) based on a 12.2% impairment. We affirm.

*420Claimant began working for Employer in 1969. Claimant started in Employer’s vim press shop, where the open gear presses make a tremendous amount of noise. After ten years, Claimant moved to the’ main press shop, where the noise is worse. Five years later, Claimant moved to the shop building.…