Claim of Cannon v. Terry Contracting, Inc.

Appeal by the employer and its carrier from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board awarding benefits for permanent partial disability caused by bilateral Dupuytren’s contracture. Appellants contend that claimant’s ailment was not contracted within 12 months prior to disablement and that his claim is therefore barred under section 40 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law. It is undisputed that claimant’s employment as an ironworker, both prior to and during the time he worked for appellant employer, required him to move, carry and otherwise handle steel and iron beams and to use various *741too…