Johnson v. Board of Review

OPINION

JACKSON, Judge:

Petitioner Thomas D. Johnson appeals the Industrial Commission’s denial of occupational disease benefits. We affirm.

FACTS

Johnson was employed by Cereal Food Processors for over 22 years beginning on March 28, 1967. For much of this time Johnson was an operator of a flour agitator that mixed flour with chlorine gas and other chemicals in order to bleach the flour. On about June 25, 1987, after an alleged exposure to chlorine, Johnson began experiencing laryngitis and saw Dr. Wesley Har-line the next day for this symptom. The laryngitis persisted and, because of it,…