Strained back but doesn't know how or when.
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Showing all 6While setting a head drive employee stood up and felt a pain in left knee.
EE HAD JUST FINISHED OPERATING CONTINOUS MINER AND WAS COMING UP TO HELP SET TIMBERS, WHEN HE YELLED AND FELL TO THE GROUND AND BECAME DISORDERED. HE WAS TAKEN TO PIKEVILLE HOSPITAL AND THEY T HOUGHT HE HAD PULLED A MUSCLE. THE NEXT DAY HE WAS TAKEN TO BUCHANON GENERAL HOSPITAL AND THEY SAID HE HAD A STROKE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING AROUND THE SURFACE OF UNDERGROUND MINE, WHEN HE PICK UP A BAG OF ROCK DUST A SNAKE BIT HIS FINGER.
EE WAS COMPLAINING WITH HIS BACK HURTING WHICH HE BELIEVE IS THE RESULT OF AN OLD INJURY. HE CONTINUED TO WORK SEVERAL WEEKS BEFORE GOING TO THE DR.
THE EMPLOYEE HAD FINISHED PUTTING HIS CAPLIGHT ON AND TURNED AROUND. THE TWISTING MOTION APPARENTLY REINJURED HIS BACK WHICH HE HAD INJURED IN THE PAST.