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HE WAS OPERATING THE 270 TRACTOR TOO CLOSE TO THE COAL RIB AND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE RIB AND THE MACHINE.THEY WERE MOVING THE SECTION TO START LEFT PANEL OFF MAINS.
AT BEGINNING OF SHIFT HE WAS OPERATING 270 TRACTOR HAULING COAL. HE HIT BUMP IN ROAD WHICH JARRED HIM CAUSING HIM TO FEEL SHARP PAIN IN BACK. HE WENT FROM THERE TO REGULAR JOB AS ROOF BOLTER. PAIN BECAME INCREASING WORSE. FINALLY WHEN HE COULD NOT TOLLERATE IT ANY LONGER HE HAD TO BE TAKEN OUT OF MINE & TO HOSPITAL.
HE STATES THAT HE WAS DOING HIS REGULAR JOB OPERATING 270S&S TRACTOR HE HIT A BUMP OR HOLE IN HAULWAY AND WAS BOUNCED OFF DECK OF TRACTOR WHEN HE LANDED ON DECK SOMETHING IN HIS BACK POPPED AN D HE EXPERIENCED SEVERE PAIN HE HAS A HISTORY OF PREVIOU BACK INJURY AND STATED THAT HIS BACK HAD BEEN HURTING HIM FOR ABOUT A MONTH
HE WAS HAULING COAL WITH THE 270 SS TRACTOR & RAMCAR, IT WAS VERY ROUGH RIDING AND HE WAS BOUNCED ABOUT QUITE A BIT AT DINNER TIME, WHEN HE HOT OFF THE TRACTOR HIS LEGS FELL OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND HE EXPERINECED NUMBNESS IN HIS MIDSECTION.