EMPLOYEE CALLED 4/24/98 STATED THE FOLOWING: BACK HAD BEEN HURTING HIM A WEEK - THOUGHT MAYBE WORKING ON MINER COULED HAVE CAUSED IT - COULD NOT GIVE A DATE OR TIME. EE SAID EITHER MONDAY OR T UESDAY HIS BACK HAD STARTED HURTING THE NEXT DAY. HE WAITED A COUPLE OF DAYS TO SEE IF THE PAIN WOULD GO AWAY AND IT HAD NOT. WENT TO DR. ON 4/24/TO NCH & OCCUMED ON MONDAY.
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Showing all 3EE WAS SITTING ON MINER, WAITING FOR POWER TO BE RESTORED. POWER WAS RESTORED. EE FELT A SHARP PAIN SHOOT THROUGH BACK. LAID ON THE GROUND UNTIL PAIN STOPPED. HE COULD NOT GET UP. ANOTHER EE T RIED TO HELP HIM UP, STILL COULDN'T GET UP. CARRIED HIM OUT ON STRETCHER, THEN TRANSPORTED BY RESCUE SQUAD. EE STATED THAT HE WAS NOT HIT OR BUMPED IN ANY WAY. JUST SHARP PAIN.
EMPLOYEE HAD HISTORY OF HEART PROBLEMS. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT-EMPLOYEE DIED OF HEART ATTACK.