Claim of Barnett v. Edmur Baking, Inc.

Appeal from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed July 31, 1970, which determined that claimant had contracted an occupational disease while employed by appellant and ruled that the claim therefor had been timely filed. Respondent, a baker for over 35 years, testified that in 1967 he began to experience pain in his eyes, accompanied by itching and burning. 'The board found that respondent had sustained occupational allergic conjunctivitis and rhinitis “due to the nature of * * * [his work for appellant] which * * * brought him in contact with grain products ”, and established…