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Apollo Colors Inc.

Overexertion in lifting-single episode — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — ROCKDALE, ILLINOIS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Apollo Colors Inc. in ROCKDALE, ILLINOIS
Employer Apollo Colors Inc. Report ID 2015052555
Address 1550 Mound Road City, State ZIP ROCKDALE, ILLINOIS 60436
Event Date May 4, 2015 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
Event Type Overexertion in lifting-single episode Source of Injury Parts and materials, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 339999 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 41.50000, -88.11000

Incident Narrative

An employee was moving a bundle of steel and hurt his back.

Incident Summary

On May 4, 2015, a worker at Apollo Colors Inc. in ROCKDALE, ILLINOIS suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified. The incident was classified as overexertion in lifting-single episode, with parts and materials, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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