EE WAS OPERATING A HAULER. HIS RIGHT LEG STARTED HURTING. AT QUITTING TIME HIS RIGHT FOOT WAS NIMB. HE WOKE THE NEXT MORNING WITH BACK PAIN. HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR, HAD BACK SURGERY & NOTIFIED HIS EMPLOYER OF THE PROBLEM ON 2/27/03. THE 1ST LOST WORKDAY OCCURRED ON 2/21/03.