Claim of Roman v. Leviton Manufacturing Co.

Appeal from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board. Claimant was employed as a porcelain cleaner. She was exposed to silicate dust. On August 26,1946, she left the employment because of ill health due to stomach ulcers. She returned the following month to have an X ray taken at the plant. This X ray seems to have been taken at claimant’s request and was given to claimant and later returned to the employer. The employer during this period took a number of X rays of employees and made statistical studies of them, but there is no proof that the employer knew of the specific technical…