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March 24, 2003 AL · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) OTHER

Iron, Inc. · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MINER WAS RESTING ON HIS KNEES BESIDE THE ROOF BOLTER. AS HE STOOD UP, HE HEARD HIS LEFT KNEE "POP". ABOUT 3 HOURS LATER, IN THE LOCKER ROOM, HE NOTICED A SWOLLEN AREA (MARBLE SIZE KNOT) ON THE BACK SIDE OF HIS LEFT LEG IN THE BEND BEHINDHIS LEFT KNEE.

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