He was operating a lo-trac diesel loader while removing a belt drive head roller. He bumped the lo-trac into the rib & a piece of the rib rolled off & struck him in the back & hip. He has since complained of pain in his back & hip. on 11-30-05, he was diagnosed with a compression fracture at T6 & severe arthritis of the hip. He began missing work on 12-9-05.