Claim of Ashby v. ARC Electric Corp.

nt. Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed September 25,1978. On November 23,1976, at about 2:00 p.m., the claimant, a 56-year-old assistant foreman, with pre-existing coronary sclerosis, employed as a foreman by Arc Electric Corp. (an electric contracting firm), suffered a heart injury immediately after walking up 9 to 10 flights of stairs on his job site to distribute pay envelopes at the request of his superior. The condition was diagnosed as an acute interior wall myocardial infarction. An elevator was provided, but the claimant did not elect to use it. The…