EE FELT A GROIN STRAIN ON 12-22-02 AFTER HANDLING A 70 LB. DRILL ROD. SAW A DR, 12-22 AND THEY DID NOT SEE A HERNIA. FOLOWUP ON 12-31 WITH PHYSICIAN, WHICH DIAGNOSED HIM WITH A ""POTENTIAL"" HER NIA. EE INSTRUCTED TO NOT LIFT OVER 15 LBS. UNTIL FOLLOWUP WITH SPECIALIST. FIRST SHIFT MISSED 12-31-02.