Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Workers' Compensation
Auto assembly line worker filed workers' compensation claim for back injury caused by "excessive twisting and bending on job." Risk associated with act of bending down to pick up fallen bolts was an employment-related risk, as bolts commonly fell out of articulating arm and onto floor, and if they were not promptly retrieved, platform would jam resulting in entire assembly line shutting down. Manifest weight of evidence shows that employee's health was not so deteriorated that any normal daily activity would be "an overexertion". Thus, Commission's finding that injury was not compensable on basis of preexisting back condition was against manifest weight of evidence. (HOLDRIDGE, HOFFMAN, HUDSON, and STEWART, concurring.)