EE IS A CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR. ON 7/3/00 HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR HIS LEFT KNEE. THE INJURY WAS NOT REPORTED TO HIS FOREMAN OR TO MANAGEMENT. HE STATES HIS KNEE HAD BOTHERED HIM PRI OR TO THE EXAMINATION BUT COULD NOT IDENTIFY A PREVIOUS TIME OR EVENT WHEN THE KNEE BEGAN HURTING. HE CONTINUED TO WORK AS THE MINER OPERATOR THROUGH 8/7/00 BUT BEGAN MISSING WORK 8/8/00.