Firefighter’s heart disease the result of risk factors, not job

Too many outside risk factors and not enough proof condition was job-related, tribunal says

A firefighter’s appeal to get workers’ compensation for coronary artery disease he claimed he developed from his job has been denied by the Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal for failing to prove a causal connection.

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