Bowling Green, KY ·
OSHA Injury Report: Crown Cork & Seal - Bowling Green Plant
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Crown Cork & Seal - Bowling Green Plant in 1291 Prosperity Lane, Bowling Green, KY 42101 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was decorator Mechanic in beer cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Crown Cork & Seal - Bowling Green Plant
- Parent company
- Crown Holdings, Inc.
- Street
- 1291 Prosperity Lane
- City
- Bowling Green
- State
- KY
- ZIP
- 42101
- On-site location
- Decorator 1B
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Adding ink to decorator.
What happened
At approximately [REDACTED] on [REDACTED] a deco operator had completed adding ink to inker number 6 on Decorator 1B. A water line broke loose spraying the employee in the face and wetting the platform. The employee slipped forward falling into the side of the decorator. The employee hit the right side of their face with visible redness swelling above their right eyebrow and nose. The employee had their hair hanging down in two braids. When the employee fell their left braid was caught in a rotating shaft and pulled from their head. The employee pulled the e-stop to stop the machine. The employee’s scalp remained intact with superficial abrasions to their head and face. The employee was seen at the Medical Center Urgent Care for evaluation. The employee was given 2 prescription medications. The employee was given the restrictions of no lifting of 5lbs no overhead work and no work at or below chest level. The employee was released to return to work on [REDACTED].
Injury or illness
Abrasion Contusion Other work-related injury
Object or substance involved
Water on platform.
Summary line
Abrasion Contusion Other work-related injury to Right F - Face Left H - Hair Left and Right N - Neck N - Nose caused by Water on platform.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Decorator Mechanic
- SOC code
- 49-9041: Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 332431: Beer cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 156
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 344,862
- EIN
- 232869494
- Establishment ID
- 679878
- Employer case #
- IN-2024052
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 16:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-14
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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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