Claim of Boyd v. F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Co.

Appeal from a decision and award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, making an award to the claimant upon the ground that he suffered from an occupational disease causing a 10% loss of the use of his left hand. The claimant had been employed for several years as a brewery helper by various breweries; his work included the lifting and carrying of eases of beer, as a result of which he developed a condition known as Dupuytren’s contracture of the left hand, causing the little finger of that hand to be permanently contracted. The board found the date of disablement to be July 23, 1951. The…