Claim of Cozzi v. American Stock Exchange

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed May 12, 2016, which denied claimant’s request for reconsideration and/or full Board review.

Claimant alleges that he was injured by inhaling dust and toxins at the World Trade Center site going back and forth to work in the days following the 2001 terrorist attack and that he fell and injured his shoulder. In 2014, claimant registered as a participant in the World Trade Center rescue, recovery and/or cleanup operations with the Workers’ Compensation Board (see Workers’ Compensation Law § 162) and thereafter filed a claim for…