Claim of Stickles v. Sheffield Farms Co.

This is an appeal by an employer and its insurance carrier from an award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, in favor of claimant, for permanent partial disability of 85% loss of use of the left arm. There are no disputed facts. On July 9, 1945, claimant was- employed by Sheffield Farms Company, Inc., at Norwich, N. Y. While he was engaged *850in removing a foreign substance from a machine, his left forearm, wrist and hand were caught in the machine, as a result of which he sustained numerous injuries. The board found that because of such injuries he sustained -85% permanent loss of use of the left arm. The evidence sustains the finding. Award affirmed, with costs to the Workmen’s Compensation Board. All concur.