Abstract: AN ELECTRICAL MAINTENANCE WORKER FOR AN ELECTRIC UTILITY WAS ATTENDING THE COMPANY CHRISTMAS PARTY. THE 60-YEAR-OLD EMPLOYEE, WHO HAD A LONG HISTORY OF HEART TROUBLE, WAS EATING CAKE AND COOKIES. HE WAS ASKED TO MOVE HIS CAR, WHICH WAS LOCATED ONE FLOOR DOWN, BECAUSE A TRUCK HAD TO PULL IN. AS THE EMPLOYEE WALKED TO HIS CAR, HE PASSED THROUGH AN OPEN AREA WHERE A PAINTING OPERATION WAS TAKING PLACE. HE PARKED HIS CAR ON THE STREET AND, SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, BEGAN HAVING DIFFICULTY BREATHING. HE MADE IT BACK TO THE SECOND FLOOR, AND COWORKERS CALLED EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. THE EMPLOYEE LOST CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE AMBULANCE ON THE WAY TO A HOSPITAL AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON ARRIVAL.