Claim of Sanchez v. Union Carbide Corp.

Appeal by the employer and its insurance carrier from decisions dated March 15, 1971 and June 15, 1971 which awarded death benefits to the dependents of a deceased employee and which assessed a penalty upon the insurance carrier for a failure to pay the full amount of the award as required by section 23 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law. . The board resolved the issues of accident and causal relation as follows: “ Upon review, the majority of the Board Panel finds that while on work assignment in Spain beginning in June of 1967, decedent worked long hours daily, had difficulties with labor…