Miner operator was moving continuous miner, stopped, and ran into a truss bolt. he fell to the ground and got up and continued to work. He has had no type of medical attention and has continued to work his normal job duties until this date 12-10-2013. He states he is having neck pain from the injury and reports he is going to seek medical attention
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Showing all 4Employee was helping move the continuous miner from one place to another. He bent over to move the miner cable, raised it waist high when he felt a sharp pain through his right shoulder, neck and arm.
The injured party was working at the #35 crosscut of the number 2 belt. He was attempting to throw a wooden pallet across the belt and felt a pop in his back. He completed this shift and returned to work on 08/27/2012 and he completed this shift. On 08/28/2012 employee called in and stated he was in pain and was going to see a doctor.
EE picked up cable went to throw it against right rib and twisted on the ground.