Benedict v. Department of Labor & Industries

Dawson, J. †

Ed Benedict, an employee of Aloha Lumber Corporation, on April 11, 1955, suffered

“. . . an occupational vibration disease involving damage to the peripheral nervous and circulating systems and manifesting itself by generalized weakness, particularly marked in the upper extremities, numbness and discoloration of the hands and pain in the arms on exertion.”

The foregoing is transposed from finding No. 2 of the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals adopted August 11, 1958, in its decision and order in docket No. 7970.

Mr. Benedict died September 20, 1958, before the extent of his…