Phoenix Pest Control v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

HAIRE, Judge.

In this review of an award entered by the respondent Commission in a workmen’s compensation proceeding, issues are raised concerning whether the claim filed by the respondent employee .constituted an occupational disease claim, and, if so, whether it must be administered in accordance with Arizona’s statutes governing occupational disease claims. The administrative law judge determined that the occupational disease statutes were not applicable.

In his claim for benefits, claimant alleged that he had sustained a “gradual injury as result of chemicals used in job as…