Johnson v. Department of Labor & Industries

OnNovember 14, 1949, Fred Johnson filed a report of occupational disease with the department of labor and industries, in which he claimed to have contracted silicosis prior to March 29, 1937, as the result of his work performed in coal mines during the thirty-year period prior thereto. On the date mentioned, he was an employee of the B. & R. Coal Company at Newcastle. The supervisor rejected the claim on the ground that there was no occupational disease found. Johnson appealed to the board of industrial insurance appeals to review the action of the supervisor in rejecting his claim. The board…