Justice WOODWARD delivered the opinion of the court:
On April 23, 1986, claimant, John A. Waggoner, filed an application for adjustment of claim pursuant to the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat.1985, ch. 48, par. 172.36 et seq.). He alleged impairment to his heart and lungs due to inhalation of coal and rock dust during a 40-year period of employment with respondent, Zeigler Coal Company. After a hearing held on September 14, 1989, the...
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