Bowling Green, KY ·
OSHA Injury Report: Western Kentucky University-Bowling Green
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Western Kentucky University-Bowling Green in 1906 College Heights Blvd., Bowling Green, KY 42101 resulted in days away from work. Employee was student Employee Farm in academies, college or university.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Western Kentucky University-Bowling Green
- Parent company
- Western Kentucky University (Bowling Green)
- Street
- 1906 College Heights Blvd.
- City
- Bowling Green
- State
- KY
- ZIP
- 42101
- On-site location
- WKU Farm, Livestock Pavilion
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 6
- Days restricted or transferred
- 32
Before the incident
Walking on platform tagging cattle.
What happened
Employee was standing on a metal platform running along the side of the cattle shoot. While standing on the platform prodding the cattle forward employee then stepped down onto the ground roughly a foot below when their knee shifted and popped.
Injury or illness
Partial ACL Tear
Object or substance involved
Stepping off platform onto ground.
Summary line
[REDACTED] tear to left knee from herding cattle into a shoot for tagging. Employee was standing on a metal platform running along the side of the cattle shoot. While standing on the platform prodding cattle forward employee stepped off and twisted knee.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Student Employee Farm
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 611310: Academies, college or university
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 1,965
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 3,930,160
- EIN
- 616055628
- Establishment ID
- 177926
- Employer case #
- 24-007R
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:00
- Time of incident
- 14:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-01-31
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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