Muller v. Frankenburg-Rich Corp.

Appeal from an amended decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed April 21, 1988.

On August 23, 1984, while servicing two heavy oil burners at a school in the Town of Pelham, Westchester County, claimant inhaled a large amount of heavy black smoke that backed up from the chimney and engulfed the boiler room. He alerted the school custodian. The next day claimant returned with his foreman to examine the site. Later, while working on another service call, claimant experienced dizzy spells and went to the hospital where he was hospitalized with a condition subsequently diagnosed by his…