The 6.75 MeV level of 40Ca was populated by means of proton inelastic scattering and the properties accessible to study through its γ-ray decay were determined. This level is found to decay only to the second excited state at 3.74 MeV. The energy of the transition is found to be E = 3013.7±1.5 keV placing the level at an excitation energy of 6750.5±1.5 keV. The mean lifetime of the level as measured by the method of Doppler-shift attenuation is determined to be τm = 185 ± 65 fs. On the basis of pγ double and pγγ triple angular correlation measurements, a spin J = 2 is assigned to the level and a value of δ = 0.84 ± 0.16 to the mixing ratio of the 3.01 MeV γ-ray. An M1-E2 multipolarity for this transition is inferred from the combined lifetime and correlation results and thus the parity of the level is determined to be odd. Electromagnetic transition strengths computed from these data are B(M1) = (0.66 ± 0.26) × 10−2μ02 and B(E2) = 7.4 ± 3.0 e2· fm4.