State Accident Insurance Fund Corp. v. Baer

This is a workers’ compensation claim under the occupational disease law. ORS 656.802 to 656.824. The issue is the allocation of responsibility between two successive carriers of the same employer. The referee and the Workers’ Compensation Board found SAIF, the initial carrier, liable. We review de novo, ORS 656.298(6), and affirm.

Claimant contracted a compensable occupational disease, allergic contact dermatitis, from his exposure to a chemical (potassium dichromate) used in his work as a printer, his occupation for 26 years. Claimant developed the allergy between October, 1976, and January,…