Claim of Russell v. Union Forging Co.

Appeals by an employer and its insurance carrier from decisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Board which established liability for occupational loss of hearing and made a schedule award therefor. Specifically, the board found 52.5% binaural loss of hearing, incurred by claimant as the result of 22 years’ exposure to noise in the course of his employment as a hammerman by appellant Union Forging Company. None of these findings are contested. The board fixed the date of disablement as in April, 1964, being six months after claimant’s separation from employment with appellant Union in October…