Progress Quarries v. Vaandering

The issue in this workers’ compensation case is which of several employers is responsible for claimant’s occupational diseases of hearing loss and tinnitus. Claimant filed occupational disease claims against most of the employers for whom he had worked since 1975. It was conceded that both conditions were work related and that the issue was which employer was responsible for each condition. The referee concluded that petitioner Progress Quarries was responsible for the hearing loss and that respondent Todd Building, insured by SAIF, was responsible for the tinnitus. On review, the Workers’…