Bumpus v. State Compensation Commissioner

Riley, Judge:

Allen Bumpus, late an employee of Gulf Mining Company, filed an appeal to this Court from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board, dated August 22, 1952, wherein the board vacated and set aside its prior ruling of August 9, 1952, and affirmed the order of the State Compensation Commissioner of May 29, 1952, denying petitioner’s application for silicosis benefits on the ground that “claimant was not exposed to the hazards of *816silicon dioxide dust for a continuous period of at least sixty days within two years prior to the filing of his claim.”

Claimant had worked in…