Claim of Salvi v. Vanguard Plumbing & Heating Corp.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed April 27,1983.11 On April 16,1979, claimant, a 17-year-old student temporarily working as a plumbing shopman, was injured when struck in the left eye by a projectile, requiring surgical removal of the lens of that eye.* He was subsequently fitted with a contact lens, which he now contends he is unable to wear for more than a few hours without undue discomfort. Without the lens, all concede that he has a 100% loss of vision of the left eye. It further appears that this condition is not correctable by the use of eyeglasses. With…