Claim of McIntosh v. S. A. Healy Construction Co.

Claimant was employed for many years by various employers as a tunnel worker and sand hog under exposure to compressed air. In July, 1954 he was employed by appellant Healy as a sand hog and was exposed to compressed air for one day. Feeling adverse effects of this brief exposure, i.e., pain in his muscles, he was transferred by the employer to other work in free air.

Somewhat over two years later, October 22, 1956, he was examined by a physician who diagnosed his condition as caisson disease, a compressed air illness involving the left hip, left lower femur and knee, right femur and knee. He…