Shepherdsville, KY ·
OSHA Injury Report: Tower Automotive USA, LLC
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Tower Automotive USA, LLC in 550 Cedar Grove Rd, Shepherdsville, KY 40165 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was KY Assembly days days Operator in car bodies, kit, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Tower Automotive USA, LLC
- Parent company
- Tower International
- Street
- 550 Cedar Grove Rd
- City
- Shepherdsville
- State
- KY
- ZIP
- 40165
- On-site location
- Toyota Op 201
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 13
Before the incident
was exiting the op to load the finished part into the rack
What happened
When the operator was loading the part into the rack the part slipped out of his hands it fell and hit the bottom edge of the rack causing the part to flip over. The part has a longer thinner side which is the side that hit him in the leg.
Injury or illness
The rh leg was cut by the knee. 5 stitches
Object or substance involved
Finish good part
Summary line
Laceration Cut Hip Upper leg (including knee) Right Side Material Part Product
Employee and industry
- Job description
- KY Assembly days days Operator
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 336211: Car bodies, kit, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 277
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 568,507
- EIN
- 260440499
- Establishment ID
- 598091
- Employer case #
- 2024-216
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:30
- Time of incident
- 14:20
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-05
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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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