Bowling Green, KY ·
OSHA Injury Report: Crown Cork & Seal - Bowling Green Plant
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Crown Cork & Seal - Bowling Green Plant in 1291 Prosperity Lane, Bowling Green, KY 42101 resulted in job transfer or restriction. 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 2A
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 7
Before the incident
Employee attempted to wipe drip tray while machine was running.
What happened
While working on the upper platform on the decorator stand an employee was adding ink to inker #4. The employee stated the particular ink was runny and dripped on the Z Guard of inker #5. The employee grabbed a rag and attempted to wipe the ink off of the guard. The employee stated when he tried to do this the rollers grabbed the rag up into inker #4. The employee 's left index middle and ring finger were pulled between the scrapper tray and the large form roll. The employee stated they were able to pull their hand back when this happened. The employee left the stand turned both line 2 decorators off and called for their supervisor. The supervisor called EHS to the first aid room. EHS examined the employee 's fingers. There was no visible bruising at this time and the employee was able to move their hand and fingers. There was a small scrape on the employee 's ring finger at the knuckle. The employee stated they were experiencing a lot of pain in their fingers. Specifically their ring
Injury or illness
Bruise to Left H - Hand
Object or substance involved
Decorator rollers pulled rag and employee 's hand into the decorator.
Summary line
Bruise to Left H - Hand caused by Decorator rollers pulled rag and employee 's hand into the decorator.
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-2024060
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:00
- Time of incident
- 23:00
- 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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