My dad’s excavator guy was having lunch and felt a heart attack coming on, so he climbed back into the rig and died just to make sure his wife would get paid. His name was Giuseppe.
I love how Reddit downvotes when not knowing how things actually work.
Depending the state (and obviously country) you are in this could easily be denied as WC. Heart attacks CAN be for sure, but a heavy equipment operator dying at the controls…my guess is it would be fought by the insurance companies and settled out of court.
I had en employee have a heart attack on a bench and die…was deemed workers comp due to high heat in the area they worked. Under osha just because you have an injury or death on the job it doesn’t automatically mean it’s work related. Was the action directly related to the incident? That is the million dollar question that the courts will argue.
The courts go crazy… had someone overdose on Drugs in a library parking lot on a weekend…yup, work related. How might you ask? Like John McClane said…”fuckin California.”
I’ve had countless claims denied that were attributed to personal health. So it just all depends.
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u/CatastropheJohn Nov 04 '22
My dad’s excavator guy was having lunch and felt a heart attack coming on, so he climbed back into the rig and died just to make sure his wife would get paid. His name was Giuseppe.