Claim of Ellis v. Cleanorama

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed January 14, 2003, which ruled that claimant did not suffer a compensable injury and denied her claim for workers’ compensation benefits.

Claimant began working at the employer’s dry cleaning establishment in March 1999. She maintains that on May 10, 1999, she spilled a dry cleaning chemical known as percethalane on her hands which resulted in swelling and burning of her hands, face and right leg. She stopped working shortly after this incident but returned in February 2000 and continued to work for the employer until April 2000,…