ON 9/22/03 EE WAS LYING ON HIS STOMACH ACROSS A BEAM WHILE MAKING REPAIRS ON A HYDRAULIC SHOVEL. ON 9/28/03 HE NOTICED A KNOT ON HIS STOMACH AND VISITED HIS DR ON 9/29/03. (DIAGNOSIS-HERNIA). EE HAD SURGERY ON 10/1/03. THIS ALLEGED INJURY WAS DISCUSSED WITH AN MSHA EE AT THE VINCENNES OFFICE ON 10/10/03, AT THAT TIME WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH INFO TO DETERMINE IF THIS WAS MSHA REPORTAB