Bowling Green, KY ·
OSHA Injury Report: Western Kentucky University-Bowling Green
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Western Kentucky University-Bowling Green in 1906 College Heights Blvd., Bowling Green, KY 42101 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was shipping and Receiving Clerk 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
- South Street Recycle Yard
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Exiting box truck.
What happened
Employee was in route to unload a truck full of recyclable material to the university recycling yard. Employee stepped out of the truck onto the gravel parking lot and when doing so his right foot slipped on the gravel. During this event he held onto the truck door to prevent falling but twisted his knee in the process.
Injury or illness
Right knee strain
Object or substance involved
Stepping down from box truck onto gravel.
Summary line
Right knee strain from stepping down from truck onto gravel lot causing twisting of the knee.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Shipping and Receiving Clerk
- SOC code
- 43-5071: Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
- 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 #
- 24-013R
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 07:15
- 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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