EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT IN EARLY OCT. HE WAS OPERATING A DOZER PUSHING ROCK, CLEANING UP PIT FLOOR.HE STATES HE WOKE UP THE NEXT MORNING & HIS LEGSWERE NUMB. HE NOTIFIED US ON 11/10/00 AFTER AN MRI SHOWED A HERNIATED DISK. HE'S BEEN OFF WORK SINCE 11/8/00. SURGERY PERFORMED ON 11/13/00.