New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-05-08
CHANDLER Orders
COMPENSATION PAID
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During the spring and summer O
1922, the claimant 1T times expert
enced nausea and loss of appetite n
noon and at night after working ii
the heat and dust. During tn,
month of August, 1922, Romerio be
came i'll and swas out of work fo
about a month. In September h,
returned to work and continued will
regularity until January 3, 1928, wher
he was compelled to stop work en-
tirely on account OF his sickness.
Expert Witnesses at Hearings
At the hearing before Commissions,
Chandler Romerio produced as expert
| witnesses, DR.. William NJ. Stockwell
of the state sanitorium in Newington
and DR.. George w. Dunn, surgeon
and general practitioner on the staff
Of the New Britain General hospital
the former had examined the claimant
and the latter had treated him and
made a diagnosis.
The Stanley Works produced DIR.
Henry f. Stol, specialist in the
treatment of tuberculosis and internal
medicine; DR.. Vaughn c. Garner, the
larly employed by the Stanley Works
to treat its employees; and DR.. Doug
las ]. Roberts, assistant photographer
Of the Hartford hospital.
The two sets of experts were IN dis
agreement as to whether the claimant
was suffering from the disease. 1t
was found that the claimant has a
mild case of heart disease, relatively
high blood pressure and is known as
a mouth breather," due to an OBJ
struction in his nose.
Blames Work for His Condition.
Tuberculosis, the commissioner
finds, is caused by omnipresent tu-
bercular bacilli which are resident in
probably 90 to 95 per cent of the
human race. The bacilli remain DOR
mant until lighted up by some Pc
culiar condition or activity which
weakens the victim and decreases his
power to resist the garms. The COM
missioner further states that heat
exhaustion and the inhalation of dust
and SCOT involved in the claimants
work so reduced his power of resist
ance that the dormant bacilli were
lighted up and the active tuberculosis
set in. On that account he finds
that the illness constitutes a personal
injury arising out of and in the
course of his employment
Romerios Duties Outlined
The claimant is 50 years of age and
had beer employed through life as a
common laborer and mason tender.
Up to seven years ago he had been
at times in brick yards. |
During the seven years Of his employ
ment at the Stanley Works, he had
been mason tender and had per-
formed the duties of a laborer, gem
orally about the plant. A part of
his work consisted of tearing out
brick and masonry work. bringing
for the mason and aiding to
some extent in actual work OF repair
ing annealing furnaces, gas producers
and boilers.
While at work in the annealing
furnaces, he was subjected to heat Of
high temperature. There was also a |
layer of dust consisting of clay-ilke |
substance on the floor of the furnace
md at times a considerable amount
,f dust was in the air inhaled by the
claimant.
In his work inside the gas pro-
lucers he was subjected TO no heat
markedly in excess of that in the
liant generally, and the evidence pre-
ented before the compensation com
missioner as to whether dust or SCOT
vas present. was meagre.
Worked in 200 Degrees of Heat.
In his work in repairing boilers he
vas subjected TO heat ranging in
as high as 200 degrees {
Turing the first day of work on any +,
PARTICULAR job. after which the boiler ]
would cool and gradually die down. |
n the boilers there was some dust ]
nd SCOT which thet claimant at times II
inhaled.