Lahtinen, J.
Decedent, claimant's husband, collapsed at work and died shortly thereafter of coronary artery disease. Because decedent was at work and the incident was unwitnessed, his death was presumed to have been causally related to his employment (see Workers' Compensation Law § 21 [1]). The self-insured employer initially failed to rebut that presumption (see Matter of Babson v Finch Pruyn & Co. Inc.,
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