Claim of Iodice v. General Abrasive Co.

Appeal by self-insured employer from decisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, awarding compensation to the claimant for permanent total disability. The claimant had been employed in the appellant’s plant for about 36 years as an operator of a screening machine used in the processing of aluminum oxide. Throughout his employment, he was exposed to aluminum oxide and to silicon carbide dust. In March, 1953, the claimant suffered a heart attack, which was eoncededly not due to any compensable accident. While the claimant was hospitalized for the heart condition, an X ray was taken and the…