Claim of Kopp v. Delco Products Division

— Appeal from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board filed October 10, 1974. The only issue is whether the claim was timely filed. It is not disputed that claimant worked for 23 years as a machine operator in the manufacture of electrical automotive motors and left his employment on December 31, 1971. On February 1, 1974 a claim was filed for occupational loss of hearing due to exposure to excessive noise in his employment. The board found that the last day of the six months of separation from work where the claimant was exposed to harmful noise was June 30, 1972 which date…