Claim of Elenz v. American Machine & Foundry

Appeal from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed December 13, 1968. The sole question presented on this appeal is whether the board’s finding of an advance payment is supported by substantial evidence. Claimant worked as a cigar processor and inspector for appellant employer from 1954 to 1961. The job exposed him to a heavy concentration of tobacco dust. On June 13, 1957 his left eye became red and “ blurry ” while working and he reported to the employer’s plant nurse who administered drops. On July 2, 1957 the eye was further aggravated When he “got an extra lot of tobacco…