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AS EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A COAL HAULER, HE FELT SOME DISCOMFORT ON HIS HAND INSIDE GLOVE. HE NOTICED A SPLINTER OR CUT ON TOP OF RIGHT FINGER. HE POPPED IT & PUT DISINFECTANT ON IT. THE FINGER CONTINUED TO SWELL & SHOW SIGNS OF REDNESS. EE HAS A HISTORY OF REACTION & SERIOUS INFECTION SO HE SOUGHT MEDICAL CARE.

EE WAS HELPING LOAD ROOF BOLT SUPPLIES ONTO THE BOLTER. HE THREW A HANDFUL OF ROOF BOLTS ON TOP OF THE BOLTER. A SINGLE BOLT FORM THE BUNDLE HE THREW UP ON THE BOLTER FLIPPEDF BACK OFF THE BOL TER TOWARD HIM. THIS ACTION CAUSED THE END OF THE BOLT TO MAKE CONTACT WITH HIS MOUTH, BREAKING A CAP OFF OF ONE TOOTH AND CRACKING A TOOTH NEXT TO IT. TH ROOF BOLT WAS 4' LONG, REBAR.

EE HAD USED THE SECTION SCOOP TO CARRY SOME BOLT SUPPLIES UP TO THE BOLTER. HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A BOX OF ROOG BOLT GLUE WHICH WAS LAYING IN THE BUCKET OF THE SCOOP. HE DOES NOT RECALL TWIS TING, JUST STRAIGHT LIFTING, AT THAT MOMENT A SHARP PAIN HIT HIM IN HIS LOWER BACK ON THE RIGHT SIDE. THE DR. SAID EE HAD INJURED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING ROOF BOLT SUPPLIES ON THE ROOF BOLTER. HE WAS PLACING TWO BUNDLES OF ROOF BOLT PLATES ON THE BOLTER AS HE DROPPED THE BUNDLES OF PLATES ON THE BOLTER. A METAL SPLINTER OFF OF THE PLATES WENT THROUGH HIS GLOVE AND INTO HIS THUMB. WE TRIED TO DIG IT OUT AT THE MINE SITE BUT WE WERE NOT SUCESSFUL. THE SPLINTER HAD TURNED PARALLEL W/BONE & DR. HAD TO REMOVE.

EMPLOYEE WAS JUMPING OUT OF THE SCOOP WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER MIDDLE BACK. EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN OPERATING A COAL HAULER. HE HAD GOTTEN IN THE SCOOP TO CLEAN THE ROADWAYS. AS HE WAS PULLING HIMSELF OUT OF THE SCOOP HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK WITH PAIN SHOOTING DOWN INTO HIS LEGS.

EE WAS CARRYING SURVEY EQUIPMENT FROM MANTRIP TO POWER CENTER. HE WAS BEN OVER AND WALKING UP A SLIGHT INCLINE AND SPRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

HE WAS PUTTING BOLTS IN A COAL HAULER DRAG. THERE WAS A CURTAIN HUNG ON ONE END OF THE DRAG. HE WAS STANDING UPRIGHT TRYING TO FREE THE CURTAIN WHEN HE WALKED INTO A BROW JAMMING HIS NECK.

EE WAS IN PROCESS OF PULLING OFF A SPOOL SOME HOSE TO MAKE UP SOME EXTRA HYDRAULIC HOSES. HE WAS STANDING IN A CROSSCUT NEAR THE SECTION SHOP TRUCK &IN FRONT OF THE SPOOL OF HOSE. HE TWISTED & TURNED HIS BODY AS HE GRABBED THE END OF THE HOSE & WAS PULLING SOME OF THE HOSE OFF. HE FELT A POP IN HIS RIGHT KNEE AS PART OF THIS MOTION. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE SURFACE BY MINE MANAGER

EE WAS HANDLING I-BEAMS FROM AN OVRCAST. AS HE WAS LAYING THE BAM DOWN HIS FINNGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN BEAMS RESULTING IN SWELLING AND CONTUSION TO THE FINGER NEAR THE KNUCKLE. THIS EVENT OCC URRED ON SATURDAY 51-7-97. HE DID NOT REPORT TO WORK FOR MONDAY'S SHIFT 5-19-97 BECAUSE OF THE PAIN IN HIS FINGER. HE SAW THE DR ON MONDAY AND RETURN TO WORK FOR TUESDAY'S SHIFT 5-20-97.

EE WAS MOVING BOLTER SUPPLIES THRU A MAN-DOOR WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE FININSHED HIS SHIFT & WORKED THE NEXT DAY. HE ASKED TO SEE A DR BECAUSE THE DSCOMFORT CONT IN INCREASE HE WENT TO DR ON 5/15/97 & DR PLACED HIM OFF WORK FOR 3 DAYS TO REST HIS BACK. THE BOLTER SUPPLIES WAS FOR A BOLTER DOING REHAB WORK IN THE MAIN WEST RETURN ENTRIES.

THE MINER WAS BACKING UP OUT OF A PLACE EE WAS WATCHING THE MINER CABLE TO PREVENT IT FROM BEING RUN OVER HE TOOK HIS FOOT AND PULLED THE MINER CABLE TO ONE SIDE. AFTER THIS EVENT HE NOTICED A TIGHTENESS AND PAIN IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS GROIN. HE COULD NOT RECALL ANY OTHER EVENT THAT PUT ANY STRAIN ONHIM THAT SHIFT. HE THOUGHT THE DISCOMFORT WOULD GO AWAY AFTER FEW DAYS HE STATED

EE WAS WORKING AT THE FACE HANGING CURTAINS WHENHE FELT SOMETING IN HIS EYE. EE RINSED EYE OUT AT WORK BUT IT STILLKEP BOTHERING HIM. AFTER SHIFT EE WENT TO GOOD SAM ER. THEY SAID THEY COULD N OT FIND ANYTHING IN EYE, BUT EYE APPEARED TO BE RED & HAD A SCRATCH. EE WENT TO SEE DR NEXT DAYAND DR SAID EYE APPEARED TO HAVE SMALL BLISTER ONIT & IT WOULD TAKE COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE IT STA

EE SAID HE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP WHEN CURTAIN CAUGHT ON A HOOK ON HIS BUCKET. HE GOT OUT OF THE SCOOP AND PULLED THE CURTAIN OFF THE FIRST HOOK, BUT IT WAS STILL CAUGHT ON THE SECOND MIDDLE HO OK. HE GAVE THE CURTAIN A STRONG PULL WITH HIS RIGHT HAND AND IN THE PROCESS HE BROKE HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND JOINTS IN TWO PLACES.

ON THE DAY OF THE INJURY EE WAS WRESTLIG A TIRE & BRAKE CALIPER FROM A VOLVO TRUCK. HE ALSO WORKED ON REPLACING AN IDLER ROLLER ON THE D-8 DOZER. THIS JOB REQUIRED HIM TO WORK ON THE CAT R TRACKS. EE NOTICED PAIN & DISCOMFORT IN HIS LOWEER BACK AFTER DOING THESE TASKS. HE RETURNED TO WORK THE NEXT DAY WITH SOME DISCOMFORT IN THE LOWER BACK. THE DISCOMFORT CONTD TO INCREASE UNTIL

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE PICKED UP A BAG OF ROCK DUST AND HE FELT A PULL IN HIS CHEST. HE WAS FILLING A HOPPER FOR A BANTUM DUSTER TO ROCK DUST THE BELT LINE. HE WORKED THE NEXT DAY AND DID NOT SAY ANYTHING TO ANYONE INCLUDING HIS SUPERVISORABOUT THE INCIDENT. ON SUNDAY HE WOKE & WAS COUGHING & HAD PAIN IN CHEST. HE WENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM & WAS TOLD BY DR. HE HAD BRONCHUS & STRAIN.

EE AND EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A BELT WIPER ON THE WEST BELT USST OUTBY THE SECITON TAIL. THEY AND THE REST OF THE CREW HAD JUST FINISHED A BELT MOVE. TWO OTHER FELLOWS WERE ISNTALLING 3" D IAMTER YELLOW MINE PIPE ABOUT 200' TOTAL LENGTH. ONE OF THE FELLOW WENT TO ENERGIZED THE LINE AND FLUSHED THE PIPE. THE END OF TH EPIPE AND VALVE WAS ABOUT 14' FROM EE'S LOCATION. THEIR WAS

EE WAS INSTALLING A DRAG UNDER A BATTERY COAL HAULER HE HAD THE DRAG WHICH WAS A 5" TALL X 10' LONG RAILROAD RAIL LAYING UNDER THE COAL HAULER WITH SLOTS CUT IN EACH END. EE WAS INSTALLING A B OLT IN THE CHAIN THAT PULLS THE DRAG. THE RAIL TIPPED OVER ON ITS SIDE AND EE HAD HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE GROUND NEXT TO THE RAIL. THE END OF HIS MIDDLE FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEENTHE MINE FLOOR

EE WAS RECOVERING EXTRA SOID CONCRETE BLOCKS FROM PREVIOUS BUILT STOPPING HE LAYED A BLOCK IN THE BACK COMPARTMENT OF A WALLACE. MANTRIP. THE FLOOR OF THE COMPARTMENT HAD LOOSE ROCK DUST IN TH E STATED THAT HE HAD PUT THE ROCK DUST IN THE COMPARTMENT TO SOAK UP SOME DIESEL FUEL THAT HAD BEEN SPILLED. AS HE PULLED THE BLOCK OVER TO THE EDGE OF THE COMPARTMENT THE LOOSE ROCK DUST WAS

HE THINKS HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK ON 12-4-96 WHILE CHANGING A TRAM GEAR BOX IN A BATTERY SCOOP.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE LOWERED HIS BASKET IN THE BATHHOUSE TO CHANGE CLOTHES FOR HIS SHIFT. HE WAS STANDING UNDER BASKET AND FELT SOME DIRT FALL IN HIS FACE. HE DID NOT FEEL ANY DISCOMFORT IN HIS EYES AT THIS TIME. 1 HR. INTO HIS SHIFT A COWORKER NOTICED A SPEC IN HIS EYE. TRIED TO FLUSH IT. WENT TO DR. 11-09-96 & FOUND PIECE OF METAL W/RUST. DR. GAVE PATCH. RETURNED 11-11-96.

EMP HAD JUST COMPLETED DRILLING OF A 6' DEEP HOLE FOR ROOF BOLT INSTALLATION. REACHED OUT TO TAKE LOWER STEEL OUT OF DRILL POT FIRST. WHILE HE HAD RIGHT HAND OVER AND AROUND TOP OF LOWER STEEL , UPPER STEEL FELL OUT OF THE MINE ROOF PINCHINGHAND BETWEEN TWO DRILL STEELS. MEATY PART OF HAND WHERE THUMB CONNECTS TO PALM OF HAND. LACERATION REQUIRED 2 STITCHES. EMP WAS WEARING GLOVES.

EE HAD WORKED AT THE SEAL CONSTRUCTION AREA ON THE DAY BEFORE THE INJURY. SHE SAID SHE LIFTED A BAG OF MORTAR MIX WHICH WEIGHS 80 LBS. AND DUMPED IT IN THE MIXER. SHE NOTICED HER BACK WAS TIGH T AFTER HER SHIFT BUT NO NOTICEABLE PAIN. THE NEXT DAY SHE WAS USING A SMALL SHOVEL TO DIP SOME MORTAR MIX OUT OF THE BOX WHEN SHARP PAIN STRUCK IN HER LOWER BACK.

EE AND OTHER WAS REMOVING A GUARD THAT WAS USED ON THE OLD 3RIS BELT DRIVE. AS THEY WERE SETTING THE WELDED WIRE PANAL ON THE FLOOR AGAINST THE RIB. EE RIGHT GLOVE CAUGHT ON THE PANAL AS THEY WERE SETTING IT DOWN THIS CAUSED THE TOP OF THE PANAL TO BUMP THE SIDE OF HIS NECK CAUSING A CUT ABOUT 1" LONG REQUIRING 6 STITCHES.

EMP ALONG WITH TWO OTHER FELLOWS WERE BUILDING ASTOPPING ALONG THE INTAKE STOPPING LINE AT CROSSCUT 120 MAIN WEST UNIT. THE CROSSCUT WAS 8'6" TALL X 18'W. THEY HAD THE STOPPING ALMOST COMPLETE D WHEN A PORTION OF THE WALL FELL ON EMP KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND. SUSTAINED A FRACTURED BONE IN RIGHT HAND PLUS TWO STITCHES ON THE BACK OF HIS HEAD, CONTUSIONS TO LEG.

EMP WAS LOADING A BOX OF ROOF BOLT GLUE ONTO A MANTRIPTO TAKE UP TO THE ROOF BOLTER. AS HE TURNED WIHT THE BOX OF GLUE, HIS ARM BRUSHED ACROSS THE END OF A ROOF BOLT LAYING IN A STORED PILE. A STEEL BURR ON THE END OF BOLT CUT HIS FOREARM ABOUT 1-2" RESULTING IN 7 STITCHES TO TREAT THE LACERATION.

EE WAS STANDING ON A PLATFORM 2'X2' NEXT TO A COMPACTOR. HE WAS POSITIONNG THE DIESEL FUEL HOSE SO HE COULD PUT FUEL IN THE COPACTOR. THE HOSE HAD A LOOP IN IT SO HE TWISTED HIS UPPER BODY T O FLIP TEHLOOP OUT OF THE HOSE. AT THAT TIME HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS NECK, SHOULDER AND DOWN IN HIS ARM. THE DR. SAID HE WAS CARVICLA MYSOSITIS AND MUSCLE SPASM.

HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A LOOP OF MINER CABLE TO MOVE IT OUT OF THE ROADWAY. HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK (LOWER-MIDDLE). HE SAID HE HAS DONE THIS ONCE BEFORE ABOUT 4 YEARS AGO- BENDING OV ER BACK GOES OUT.

EE WAS OPERATING A COAL HAULER IN THE WEST UNIT. SHE STOPPED AND SHUT OFF THE HAULER. SHE TURNED AROUND IN HER SEAT EXTENDED HER RIGHT LEG BACK ON THE GROUND OUT OF CAB. SHE FELT A POP IN THE JOINT WERE THE LEG JOINT THE HIP THE NEXT DAY ONHER SHIFT SHE TOLD HER FOREMAN THAT HER LEG HURTS WE SENT HER TO DR. HE PLACED HER OFF DUTY TO RECUPERATE LEG.

EE HAD BEEN WORKIGN ON REPLACING A TRANSMISSION IN A 988 CAT LOADER HE HAD BEEN ON THIS PROJECT FOR TWO DAYS. HE SAID HE DOES NOT RECALL A SET TIME OF INCIDENT. BUT THE DISCOMFORT IN HIS BAC K INCREASED AS THE DAY PROGRESSED. THE REBUILD INVOLVES EQUIPMENT IN TIGHT CLOSE QUARTERS & HEAVY PARTS HE HAD HELP WITH THE JOB PLUS THEY HAD ABOOM TRUCK FOR HOISTING EQUIPMENT.

EE WAS GOING TO SLIDE THE DEAD BOLT DEVICE TAHT IS USED TO SECURE BATTERY LIDS IN PLACE. HE THOUGHT THE LOCK DEVICE WAS DIFFICULT TO MOVE SO HE GIVE IT A BIG PULL. BUT IT SLIDE FREELY AND H E SMASHED HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE BOLT LEVER AND STO BLOCK. HE DID NOT GO TO DR FOR X-RAY UNTIL 11-21-95 3PM.

EE WAS TRYING TO COLLECT A TRANSFORMER THAT WAS STORED IN THE CORNER OF THE SHOP. BEHIND A DISABLED FRONT END LOADER. HE TRYED TO MOVE IT A COUPLE OF FEET BY HAND SO HE COULD GET THE FORKS OF THE GRANDALL LOADER UNDER IT. HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK AFTER ATTEMPTING TO MOVE THIS 300 LBS TRANSFORMER BY HIMSELF.

EE IS NOT SURE HOW OR WHEN HE GOT A SMALL METAL SPLINTER IN HIS EYE. HE WENT TO DR FOR HEADACHES HE WAS HAVING WHEN THEY FOUND THE SPLINTER AND RUST RING. HE USED A METAL CUT OFF SAW 9-27-95 . BUT WORE EYE PROTENTION. HE OPERATES A GETMAN SUPPLY TRACTOR WITH GOGGLES FOR PROTECTION OR HE SAID HE COULD HAVE WIPED HIS EYES WITH A DIRTY GLOVE OR HAND.

HE WAS OFF LOADING A COUPLE OF FIRE HOSE ROLLS TO BE TRANSPORTED INTO THE MINE. WHEN HE LAYED ONE OF THE ROLLS DOWN HIS FINGER WAS CUT BY THE MALE THREADS ON THE HOSE COUPLING. THE LACERATION TOOK A FEW STITCHES TO REPAIR THE CUT.

EE HAD SHUT THE WATER OFF TO A DUST SUPPRESSION SPRAY BAR, LOCATED NEAR THE ROTARY BREAKER. THE SPRAYS WERE PLUGGED SO WHEN HE UNCOUPLED THE HOSE FEEDING THE SPRAY BAR, THE HOSE STILL HAD STAT IC PRESSURE ON IT. THE HOSE END FLEW BACK, STRIKING HIM ON THE CHIN. THE LACERATION REQUIRED TWO STITCHES.

THEY WERE USING A CONT. MINER TO CUT OVERCAST IN THE WEST MAIN ENTRIES. EE GRABBED A LONG LOOP OF MINER CABLE AND THREW IT OVER AGAINST THE RIB. HE FELT A PULL IN HIS NECK AFTER THROWING THE C ABLE.

INJURED ALONG WITH INJURED WERE LEVELING A BATTERY STAND USING A MINE TIMBER AS A PRY DEVICE. THE MINE TIMBER SLIPPED OFF IT PIVOT BLOCKS. INJURED WAS PLACING A HEADER BOARD UNDER THE BATTERY STAND HIS THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TIMBER AND THE FLOOR. X RAY SHOWED A BONE CHIP ON HIS RIGHT THUMB.

EE INJURED HIS KNEE ON 4-9-95 PALYING BASKETBALL AWAY FROM WORK. HE MISSED THE ENTIRE WEEK FOLLOWING THIS INJURY. HE RETURNED TO WORK ON MONDAY , 2:15 PM, WORKED DOING LIGHT WORK UNTIL 7:45 PM WHEN HE WAS UNLOADING 3" PLASTIC PVC PIPE FROM A COAL HAULER INTO A XCUT. AS HE TURNED TO GET ANOTHER PIPE, HE HEARD & FELT A POP IN HIS KNEE & WAS HELPED FROM THE MINE.

INJURED WAS HELPING TO LOAD ROOF BOLT SUPPLIES FROM A SCOOP TO THE ROOF BOLTER. HE WAS HANDED 4 ROOF BOLTS HE TURNED TO HAND THOSE BOLTS TO ANOTHER PERSON. HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK WHICH GOT WORSE AS THE DAY PROGRESSED.

INJURED WAS HAND LOADING A SPRAY MACH USED TO SEAL STOPPINGS AND MINE SURFACES. HE WAS PUSHINGIT INTO THE TRAILER END OF A COAL HAULER BATT. WHEN HE PUSHED ON THE SPRAY MACH HE FELT A PULL IN HIS NECK. THE DR. SAID HE HAS A PULLED MUSCLE.

EE WAS LOADING ROOF BOLT SUPPLIES ON TO THE ROOF BOLTER. AS HE WAS SLIDING A ROOF STRAP ON THE BOLTER IT CAMT TO A SUDDEN STOP WHEN IT STRUCK SOMETHING. CAUSING THE EDGE OF THE STRAP TO CUT TH ROUGH THE SIDE OF HIS GLOVE CAUSING A LACERATION ON THE SIDE OF HIS LITTLE FINGER--6 STITCHES REQUIRED.

EE WAS EXTENDING SIGHTS IN THE 7 ENTRY USING A LASER. AS HE WALKED BACK TO GET THIS DEVICE HIS FOOT STUCK IN THE MUD. HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS HIP AND LEG AFTER PULLING HIS FOOT OUT OF THE S OFT FLOOR MUD.

EE WAS WORKING IN AND AROUND THE COAL DRYER. LOOSE PARTICLES OF COAL DUST BECAME LODGED IN HIS LEFT EYE. HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 10-20-94. HE WAS ISSUED A PRESCRIPTION FOR TOBREX OPTH. SOLUTION AND NEOSPORIN OPTH. SOLUTION.

HE WAS OPERATING THE GRADELL FOR LIFT TO LOAD THE SLOPE SUPPLY CAR. HE GOT OFF THE LOADER TO ADJUST THE FORKS. HIS FINGER TIP WAS SMASHED WHEN IT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BACK OF FORK AND MACHIN E FRAME.

HE WAS WORKING ON A MINER (CUTTER HEAD GEAR CASE). THEY HAD LAYED A COME-ALONG ON THE CUTTER DRUM. THE COME-ALONG STARTED TO FALL OFF THE DRUM HE REACHED TO CATCH IT. HIS SMALL FINGER WAS CAUG HT BETWEEN COME-ALONG AND THE END OF A SHORT SECTIOIN OF ANGLE IRON. INJURY REQUIRED 5 STITCHES.

EE WAS LOADING ROOF BOLT SUPPLIES WHEN A STEEL STRAP USED TO SECURE THR ROOF PLATES FLEW UP & THE END OF STRAP HIT EE ON THE FOREHEAD CAUSING A LACERATION OF ABOUT 3/4IN LONG REQUIRIKNG 5 STI TCHES

EE WAS MOVING A FLAT PLATE OF STEEL FROM THE OLD FEEDER LOCATION TO THE NEW LOCATION. HE SET THE PLATE ON THE FLOOR AND AS HE LEANED IT AGAINST THE RIB HE CAUGHT THE END OF HIS INDEX FINGER BE TWEEN PLATE AND RIB. HE WAS WEARING GLOVES BUT THE INJURY REQUIRED STITCHES.

INJURED PULLED ON A STEEL BAND THE WAS BURIED IN A PILE OF GOB. AS HE PULLED THE BAND IT SLID THROUGH HIS HADN CUTTING INTO HIS LEATHER GLOVE CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS PALM REQUIRING 6 STIT CHES.

EE PULLED ON A TIE DOWN STRAP LAYING LOOSE ON THE BACK END OF THE SUPPLY TRACTOR THIS CAUSED AN EXTRA TRAILOR HITCH ALSO LAYING IN WITH THE STRAPS TO FLIP OVER STRIKING HIS LITTLE FINGER, BEND ING IT BACKWARDS DISLOCATING THE SECOND JOINT ONTHE FINGER.

EE WAS CLEANING SHOP HE ALLEGED A TIMBER UP TO MOVE IT & HE GOT A SPLINTER IN THE SIDE OF HIS HAND HE PULLED THE SPLINTER OUT & HT THOUGHT HE GOT ALL OF IT BUT THE HAND BECAME SORE & SWELLING OCCURRED EE WENT TO THE DOC ON 05-11-94 THEY PULUED MATERIAL OUT FO WOUND & STARTED TREATMENT FOR INFECTION HE BECAME A LOST TIME ON 05-13-94

INJURED WAS LIFTING A RUB RAIL FOR A JOY MINER BACK INTO PLACE AFTER COMPETING REPAIRS. HE FELT A PULL OR PAIN IN THE GROIN AREA AT THIS TIME. HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR THIS INJ URY UNTIL 5-2-94. AT WHICH TIME THE ATTENDING DR PLACED HIM IN AN OFF DUTY SATUS PENDING SURGERY TO REPAIR HERNIA THAT WAS DISCOVERED AS PART OF THE EXAMINATION.