EE WAS LOADING PARTS ON A MANTRIP & PULLED SOME-THING IN HIS UPPER STOMACH. HE WENT TO SEE A SURGEON THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY OPERATED ON HIS STOMACH& HE TOLD HIM THAT HE HAD A HERNIA IN HIS UPPER STOMACH AREA. EE BECAME A LOST TIME ON 11/13/03 WHEN HE WAS OPERATED ON FOR AN ABDOMINAL HERNIA.