Claim of Sugnet v. Hanna Furnace Corp.

Staley, Jr., J.

Appeal by self-insured employer from decisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed July 17, 1968 and March 11, 1969. Claimant states that on May 14, 1966, while working as a counterman in the employer’s storeroom, he walked to the loading dock area where he was requested by two other employees to assist in loading a full oxygen tank onto a station wagon. After lifting the tank, he stated that he felt a severe pain in the chest, had difficulty in breathing, and felt dizzy. Claimant had a pre-existing heart condition, and he stated that at the time he took a nitroglycerine…