Claim of Tirelli v. Contractors for Dry Docks & J. Rich Steers, Inc.

Appeals from decisions and awards of the Workmen’s Compensation Board. Of the three appeals taken, the one requiring present consideration is from an award for death benefits. Decedent worked for the employer from October 6, 1942, to May 27, 1943, as a concrete driller in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He worked without a mask and there is proof that he became ill of silicosis in 1943. In that year he left this employment for another form of work in which there was no silica exposure. He became totally disabled in 1945, and the board has found that the total disability then was due to his previous…