Weyerhaeuser Co. v. McCullough

Employer seeks review of a Worker’s Compensation Board order which affirmed the referee’s determination that claimant’s myocardial infarction was compensable.

Claimant suffered a heart attack shortly after climbing stairs in the course of his employment duties as a maintenance millwright. He indicated that he climbs stairs regularly on his job but that he had climbed them somewhat faster on this particular occasion. Claimant is a smoker and suffers from diffuse coronary disease and high cholesterol. Four medical opinions were provided concerning whether the physical stress of climbing the…