9-9-00 EE CALLED IN SICK BECAUSE HIS BACK HURT. HE SAID HE COULD NOT RETURN UNTIL 9-12-00. ON HIS RETURN HIS FOREMAN ASKED IF BACK AILMENT WAS WORK RELATED. EE'S RESPONSE WAS THAT IT WAS NOT. 9-9-00, I SPOKE WITH DR. HE SAID EE HAD 2 HERNIATED DISKS. IN MEETING, EE COMPLAINED ABOUT HIS TRUCK. HE WAS GIVEN NEW TRUCK. WORKER'S COMP ACCEPTED BACK AS WORK RELATED. EE OFF UNTIL FULL REL