Claim of Leveski v. Dic Underhill Joint Venture

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed February 21, 1980, which denied claimant’s application to reopen his case. Claimant was employed by the Die Underhill Joint Venture as a drill runner in which capacity he chipped and drilled rock and concrete. In 1972, he began medical treatment for a coronary artery disease. Claimant’s health worsened and on December 12, 1975 he stopped working. He was admitted to Mount Sinai Hospital on January 3, 1976 and during his stay it was discovered that he had developed a lung disease, viz., pneumoconiosis, a type of silicosis, caused,…