Claim of Noto v. Ford Motor Co.

Crew III, J.P.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed June 20, *7052001, which held that the employer was responsible for claimant’s entire hearing loss.

Prior to retiring in 1999, claimant worked as a welder in the self-insured employer’s plant for approximately 26 years. In August 2000, claimant underwent a hearing examination and ultimately was found to have sustained a 30.6% binaural loss of hearing based upon his exposure to high levels of noise during his employment. A Workers’ Compensation Board panel subsequently concluded that the employer was responsible for…