Claim of Scimeni v. Welbilt Stove Co.

Staley, Jr., J.

This is an appeal by the employer-self-insurer from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed June 18, 1968.

Claimant was employed by appellant as a porter in its shop for the enameling of stoves. It is undisputed that in performing his work, claimant was exposed to the inhalation of enamel dust, and also that claimant left his employment and ceased to work on May 5, 1962 because of total disablement due to a causally related silicosis condition. Claimant had commenced working for appellant in 1952, and on June 5, 1958, he incurred a spontaneous pneumothorax which…