EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING INTO THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT OF A BATTERY POWERED COAL HAULER WHEN HE STRUCK HIS SHIN ON HIS LEFT LEG ON THE LOWER SECTION OF THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT, CAUSING AN ABRASION AND CONTUSION TO HIS LEG. TWO DAYS AFTER THE INCIDENT HE BECAME DISABLED FROM WORKING DUE TO AN INFECTION IN HIS LOWER LEG.