Claim of McCulla v. Alco Products, Inc.

Appeal by an employer and its insurance carrier from a decision and award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board which allowed claimant compensation for 7½% loss of use of the left hand, less 25% of the left ring finger, and for 32½% of the loss of use of the right hand. Claimant was employed by the Schaefer Brewery Company in 1939 and continued in its employ ever since. The board has found that claimant suffered an occupational disease known as Depuytren’s contracture, and fixed the date of disablement as of May 3, 1951. In 1941 claimant suffered an accident when a barrel fell on his left hand.…