Claim of Spasiano v. Empire City Iron Works

—Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed November 14, 1978, discharging the Special Fund from liability. Claimant was hired by the employer as a mechanic on September 27, 1974. On his application for the job, he stated he had stomach surgery for ulcers in 1960. Claimant had a second operation in 1965, consisting of a subtotal gastrectomy which involved removal of 70% of claimant’s stomach. On November 14, 1974, claimant turned a piece of iron at work and felt pain in the low back. He was treated with traction for 30 days, without relief. Claimant returned to work in…