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Market Connect Group

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

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Market Connect Group in DOWNERS GROVE, ILLINOIS
Employer Market Connect Group Report ID 2017098481
Address 1548 Butterfield RD. City, State ZIP DOWNERS GROVE, ILLINOIS 60515
Event Date September 2, 2017 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 Boxes, crates, cartons
Industry (NAICS) 453998 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 41.83000, -88.02000

Incident Narrative

An employee was lifting boxes of retail merchandise off of a cart and felt pain in her back. The employee suffered a back injury requiring hospitalization.

Incident Summary

On September 2, 2017, a worker at Market Connect Group in DOWNERS GROVE, 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 boxes, crates, cartons identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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