Claim of Horne v. Barclay Home Products

— Harvey, J.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed December 18, 1987, which ruled that claimant had a causally related partial disability from March 7, 1985 to August 31, 1985 and a permanent total disability continuing thereafter.

*879Claimant was employed for approximately IV2 years as a turner and inspector of pillows at Barclay Home Products. In January 1985, claimant’s employer brought machinery into claimant’s work area which served the purpose of heat-sealing and pressing the plastic wrapping material used to package pillows. This process resulted in the emission…