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OSHA Injury Report: Akebono Brake, Glasgow Plant

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Akebono Brake, Glasgow Plant in Glasgow, KY 42141 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was engineer Technician in brake pads and shoes, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing.

Establishment
Akebono Brake, Glasgow Plant
Parent company
Akebono Brake Industry Co.
Street
1765 Cleveland Avenue
City
Glasgow
State
KY
ZIP
42141
On-site location
APS Fabrication Shop
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
18

Equipment Installation

[REDACTED] was deburring a flat piece of metal on rotary disc sander when sanding disc grabbed the metal and pulled thumb into the rotating disc.

partial amputation of right thumb through phalanx.

disc sander piece of metal

Associate was deburring a flat piece of metal on rotary disc sander when sanding disc grabbed the metal and pulled thumb into the rotating disc. Resulting in partial amputation of right thumb through phalanx.

Job description
Engineer Technician
SOC code
17-2141 — Mechanical Engineers
NAICS code
336340 — Brake pads and shoes, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
477
Total hours worked
1022660
EIN
363993763
Establishment ID
915659
Employer case #
2023-06
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
7:45:00.000
Submitted
30JAN24:19:51:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.