Court of Appeals of Oregon February 8, 1995, 92-14383; CA A83240 (Hiatt v. Halton Co.)

De MUNIZ, J.

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board, contending that the Board erred in holding that employer could contest the compensability of claimant’s “left hearing loss.”

Claimant was injured at work when a burning hot metal slag popped into his left ear. Employer accepted a claim for left otitis media, left middle ear infection.