EE SAID HE WAS WALKING TO ANOTHER LOCATION AND SLIPPED ON A SNOW COVERED SURFACE. BOTH OF HIS FEET CAME OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND HE LANDED ON HIS BACK AND HEAD. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 01/3 1/2003, AT WHICH TIME HE BEGAN TO LOSE TIME FOR A HERNIA OPERATION. A CONDITION THE PHYSICIAN ATTRIBUTED TO THIS ALLEGED FALL.