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OSHA Injury Report: Akebono Elizabethtown

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Akebono Elizabethtown in Elizabethtown, KY 42701 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was production associate in brake caliper assemblies, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing.

Establishment
Akebono Elizabethtown
Parent company
Akebono Brake Corp.
Street
300 Ring Road
City
Elizabethtown
State
KY
ZIP
42701
On-site location
DA5
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
180

worker was loading a support bracket onto the support air blow machine when she pulled out from light curtain the machine started due to a manipulation to start flag causing auto start affect

After she pulled out she noticed the support was not seated and she went back to fix it while machine was operating. The cylinder moving brush slid forward continuing its cycle pinning the right 3rd digit between brush and support

laceration and fracture to right 3rd digit

support brush

open laceration fracture to RH middle finger when worker got caught between SABBI slide and support bracket

Job description
production associate
SOC code
51-2099 — Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
NAICS code
336340 — Brake caliper assemblies, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
540
Total hours worked
1053125
EIN
363993763
Establishment ID
1076687
Employer case #
2
Date of incident
Shift started
22:00
Time of incident
5:45
Filing year
2025
Submitted
16JAN26:15:29:00

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.