Louisville, KY —
OSHA Injury Report: Forvia
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Forvia in Louisville, KY 40213 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was operator in catalytic converters, engine exhaust, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Forvia
- Parent company
- Forvia
- Street
- 4415 East Indian Trail
- City
- Louisville
- State
- KY
- ZIP
- 40213
- On-site location
- North building Gap 4 V-cell
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 7
Before the incident
operating v-cell station
What happened
While performing a V-cell changeover the operator experienced a back strain while lifting tooling. The tooling was placed on an incorrect cart and did not slide into the fixture as designed requiring the operator to manually lift the tooling.
Injury or illness
lower back strain
Object or substance involved
v-cell tooling
Summary line
While performing a V-cell changeover the operator experienced a back strain while lifting tooling. The tooling was placed on an incorrect cart and did not slide into the fixture as designed requiring the operator to manually lift the tooling.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Operator
- SOC code
- 51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 336390 — Catalytic converters, engine exhaust, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 168
- Total hours worked
- 364391
- Establishment ID
- 1066819
- Employer case #
- 4
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 2:30
- Time of incident
- 3:45
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 15JAN26:21:51:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.