Appellants contend that the employment involved no hazard distinguishing it from the usual run of occupations and in excess of the hazard attending employment in general but work involving pressure on the palms of the hands has been recognized as a distinctive hazard of certain employments and, indeed, in a recent case the work found causative of Dupuytren's contracture included that "as a porter doing such things as sweeping and lifting barrels." (Matter of Sheehy v....
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