Claim of Caiazza v. Eastman Kodak Co.

—Mercure, J.P.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed November 29, 2001, which established the rate of claimant’s workers’ compensation benefit payments.

Claimant worked for a self-insured employer from 1972 until his retirement in February 2001. From 1974 to 1985, he was a machinist in the employer’s metal fabricating department where he was exposed to carcinogenic chemicals and mineral oils. Following a diagnosis of skin cancer, claimant filed a claim for workers’ compensation benefits in 1990, but continued to work. On April 24, 2000, claimant was diagnosed with…