EE FELL AND STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE WELDING ON CRUSHER. EE SAID HE WAS GETTING DOWN IN FEEDER WHEN H IS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL. HE SAID HE TRIED TO CATCH HIS FALL AND THOUGHT HE MAY HAVE P ULLED SOEMTHING. HE DECLINED MEDICAL ATTENTION THAT DAY BUT UPON ARRIVAL AT WORK ON 7/25 HE ADVISED HIS SUPERVISOR HE WANTED TO GO TO THE DOCTOR.
EE WAS REMOVING ROCK OFF SCALPING SCREEN AND TWISTED HIS BACK WHILE SHOVELING ROCK. ADVISED SUPERVISOR THAT THIS WAS A BACK INJURY THAT HE HAD BEFORE HIS EMPLOY THAT ACTED UP WHEN JUST GETTING IN HIS CAR AT TIMES. AT TIME OF INJURY HE REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT. AT 3 PM HE ADVISED EE HE NEEDED TO SEE A DOCTOR.
EE SAID HE HURT HIS BACK LIFTING GRATES FOR HAZE MAG. DID NOT REPORT AT TIME OF INCIDENT. CALLED IN NEXT DAY ADVISED SUPERVISOR, DID NOT FEEL HE NEEDED MEDICAL TREATMENT. MONDAY 3/20 EE CALLED SUPERVISOR AND ADVISED MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS NEEDED. EE HAD PREVIOUS BACK INJURY 10/18/99. THIS WAS A RECURRANCE.