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OSHA Injury Report: Kobelco Aluminum Automotive Products

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Kobelco Aluminum Automotive Products in Bowling Green, KY 42101 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was forging Operator in automobile suspension springs, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing.

Establishment
Kobelco Aluminum Automotive Products
Parent company
Kobelco Aluminum Automotive Products LLC
Street
One Kobe Way
City
Bowling Green
State
KY
ZIP
42101
On-site location
Press 9 Turn Table Area
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
6

Operator was running press 9 and in the packing area at the front of the press

Operator was loading packing boxes. While doing so he claims to have had to exert more force than normal to turn the turntable. He states he felt pain in the right shoulder from this.

Right Shoulder Strain from exerting force turning a turn table

Turn table that packing box is on caused associate to exert force

Right Shoulder Strain from exerting force turning a turn table

Job description
Forging Operator
SOC code
51-4031 — Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Te
NAICS code
332613 — Automobile suspension springs, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
788
Total hours worked
1569585
Establishment ID
900262
Employer case #
2542
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00
Time of incident
13:15
Filing year
2025
Submitted
19JAN26:17:44:00

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.