Claim of Ghirardi v. Mack Manufacturing Corp.

Appeal from a decision and award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board. Claimant was hired by the Mack Manufacturing Corporation as an electrician in October, 1943. At this time a company physician who examined claimant found that he was suffering from “ essential hypertension ” and noted in the company records *906that his blood pressure was 190/90. He also noted in the company records that claimant was “ advised to go to own doctor regarding blood pressure ”. Notwithstanding this notice the claimant was hired, and six years later, in 1949, while drilling a hole in a truck he struck his head and…