Pitman v. L. M. Carpenter & Associates

To support an award to one suffering from silicosis the Commission must find, inter alia: (1) the employee has been exposed to the hazards of silicosis for a minimum of thirty working days during the last seven consecutive months of his employment, G.S. 97-57, Bye v. Granite Co., 230 N.C. 334, 53 S.E. 2d 274; and (2) plaintiff’s work in this State must have exposed him to the inhalation of silica dust for a minimum of two years, no part of which two-year period shall be more than ten years prior to his last exposure, G.S. 97-63; Hicks v. Granite Corp., 245 N.C. 233, 95 S.E. 2d 506; Midkiff v.…