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THIS IS NO ACCIDENT ALTHOUGH HIM PULLING A MOTOR BY HIMSELF MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO AN OLD INJURY YEARS AGO WHILE WORKING FOR SOMEONE ELSE.WOKE UP ON THE 15TH AND COULDN'T GET OUT OF BED.DUE T O AN MSHA AUDIT,I DID NOT KNOW UNTIL THEN THAT I HAD TO FILL OUT AN ACCIDENT REPORT.
WHILE WORKING AT THE MINE SITE, HE STOOPED OVER TO PICK UP A LARGE ROCK AND DEVELOPED SEVERE PAIN IN THE UPPER PORTION OF THE LUMBAR AREA. THE PAIN RADIATED BRIEFLY TO THE LOWER EXTREMETIES WH ICH FELT NUMB AND HIS LEGS BUCKLED UNDER HIM. I. NAME WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL.
I NAME STATES THAT HE WAS PULLING ROCK DUSTING MACHINE INTO SCOOP, WHEN A PAIN WENT THROUGH HIS BACK. IT WAS THE WAY HE ALWAYS LOADED.
WAS HOOKING A W5TER CAR TO A MINE SCOOP & SMASHED HIS RIGHT HAND.