Duckett v. Alaska Steel Co.

Claimant seeks review of a Workers’ Compensation Board order denying claimant’s occupational disease claim. We affirm.

From 1960 until 1979, claimant worked in scrap yards operated by Alaska Steel Co. and Scrap Processors, where he was exposed to asbestos fibers. In 1980, physicians diagnosed a lung carcinoma, and his left lung was removed. In 1981, he filed a claim with SAIF and the two employers. The claim was denied. In July, 1982, a hearing was held, but the record was held open. In October, 1982, SAIF moved to join Employer’s Insurance of Wausau and El Dorado Insurance,1 because those…