Bowling Green, KY ·
OSHA Injury Report: NHK of America
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at NHK of America in 3251 Nashville Rd., Bowling Green, KY 42101 resulted in days away from work. Employee was material Handler in coiled springs, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- NHK of America
- Parent company
- NASCO
- Street
- 3251 Nashville Rd.
- City
- Bowling Green
- State
- KY
- ZIP
- 42101
- On-site location
- Material Stand 1A
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 18
Before the incident
Loading a bundle of material onto the material stand 1a
What happened
the crane normally used to load that machine had broken and a secondary crane was being used to load the material stand. As the employee was loading a bundle using some temporary slide tooling the bundle kicked back due to the load not being level. the bundle hit the operator and pushed him into the handrail. while sliding out from between the handrail and the bundle employee fractured his tailbone on the handrail.
Injury or illness
Fractured tailbone
Object or substance involved
Material bundle and handrail
Summary line
Bundle of bars kicked back onto operator causing him to fracture his tailbone on the handrail
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Material Handler
- SOC code
- 53-7062: Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- NAICS code
- 332613: Coiled springs, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 312
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 648,392
- Establishment ID
- 198529
- Employer case #
- R2-24
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 21:30
- Time of incident
- 01:53
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-21
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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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