Claim of Sienkiewicz v. Bendix Corp. Electrical Components Division

Cross appeals from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed January 14, 1974. In the course of his employment, claimant was required to dip baskets of various items into vats containing a cleaning solution known as trichlorethylene. This process, over a five-year period from 1965 to 1970, exposed him to harmful and toxic trichlorethylene fumes causing dizziness, nausea and headaches. On April 28, 1970 he was examined by his personal physician, a Dr. Newland, who made a diagnosis of trichlorethylene poisoning based upon a history of nausea, vomiting, dizziness, staggering and loss…