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 boiler Operator 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
- Poland Hall; Mechanical Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 90
Before the incident
Pushing down on pipe wrench to break piping loose on a condensation line.
What happened
Employee was in the process sof replacing a check valve on a HVAC unit that was rusted frozen. While attempting to loosen a section of pipe (confined space) using a large pipe wrench and pushing downward the wrench suddenly slipped causing him to loose his balance twist around and fall on same level.
Injury or illness
Low back and left side strain (pulled muscle).
Object or substance involved
Applying downforce on wrench
Summary line
Back strain from replacing a check valve on a HVAC unit that was rusted frozen. While attempting to loosen a section of pipe (confined space) using a large pipe wrench and pushing downward
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Boiler Operator
- SOC code
- 51-8021 — Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
- NAICS code
- 611310 — Academies, college or university
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 1987
- Total hours worked
- 3973476
- EIN
- 616055628
- Establishment ID
- 177926
- Employer case #
- 23-019R
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 5:30:00.000
- Time of incident
- 8:30:00.000
- Submitted
- 31JAN24:14:27:00
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.