Guse v. Adminco

Claimant appeals from an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board affirming the referee’s order upholding the insurers’ (Adminco and SAIF) denials for claimant’s hearing loss. We hold that claimant has established by a preponderance of the evidence that SAIF is responsible for his hearing loss and reverse.

Claimant is a 48-year-old man who has been employed by the Eugene Police Department since March, 1960. In 1959, claimant had his hearing tested in the Army and a binaural loss of less than 1 percent was noted. Sometime prior to 1970, claimant was working on a police car at the city hall.…