EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS OPERATING THE CONTINUOUS MINER AND A PIECE OF CAP COAL FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE HARD HAT. HE LEFT THE MINE FOR MEDICAL OBSERVATIONS. RECEIVED MEDICAL 5/31/01, STATING HE WAS NOT IN ACUTE DISTRESS FROM THE CAP COAL, HOWEVER X-RAYS SHOWED OLD FUSHION OF C2 AND C3. EMPLOYEE'S RECORDS SHOW HE SUFFERED INJURIES TO THE NECK IN 1996 AND 1997 WHILE WORKING UG.