Liberty Northwest Insurance v. Cross

Employer1 seeks review of the Workers’ Compensation Board’s order that held that claimant has a compensable occupational disease. ORS 656.802(l)(a). We affirm.

Claimant began working for employer as a welder in the summer of 1987. On the job, he was exposed to several respiratory irritants common in welding, as well as to additional irritants from working with aluminum, such as sulfuric acid, nitric acid, sodium hydroxide and copper dust. After three or four months, he began having respiratory problems, including coughing and shortness of breath. He quit his job on the advice of his doctor in…