ON OCTOBER 17, 2003, EE WAS DRIVING A ROCK TRUCK, HAULING MATERIAL FROM THE SHOVEL PIT TO THE BACKSTACK AREA. DURING ONE OF THE TRIPS, HIS NECK SUDDENLY ""POPPED"" AND LATER ON, HIS NECK BEGAN T O HURT WITH THE PAIN INTENSIFYING. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND WAS TREATED BY HIS PHYSICIAN WHERE HE WAS DIAGNOSED AGAIN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM HE HAD IN MAY - CERVICALGIA.