INDIVIDUAL HAS DEVELOPED EPICONDYLITIS IN THE LEFT ELBOW DUE TO REPETITIVE TYPE WORK. THE INDIVIDUAL DID NOT START MISSING WORK UNTIL 9-27-00 AND THE OPERATOR WAS NOT AWARE THAT THE INDIVIDUAL 'S ABSENCE WAS DUE TO AN OCCUPATIONAL ILLNBESS UNTILL 10-11-00. TGHIS IS AN OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS.