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 Bowling Green, KY 42101 resulted in days away from work. Employee was graduate Assistant 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
- EST; Rear Parking Lot
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 1
Before the incident
Loading Field equipment into back of vehicle
What happened
Employee was assisting a co-worker load items into a university vehicle. As she was bent over to retrieve a piece of equipment located behind the truck the tailgate of the truck suddenly became unlatched and struck employee on the back of the head. After completing the work day she began to experience nausea while at home.
Injury or illness
Concussion contusion to back of head
Object or substance involved
Vehicle metal tailgate.
Summary line
Contusion concussion to back of head from bending down to pick up equipment behing the university truck. When bending down the tailgate suddenly unlatched striking employee on back of head.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Graduate Assistant
- SOC code
- 11-9033 — Education Administrators, Postsecondary
- NAICS code
- 611310 — Academies, college or university
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 1987
- Total hours worked
- 3973476
- EIN
- 616055628
- Establishment ID
- 177926
- Employer case #
- 21-013R
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 9:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 10:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 30JAN24:21:24:00
Source
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.