Bowling Green, KY ·
OSHA Injury Report: Kobelco Aluminum Automotive Products
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Kobelco Aluminum Automotive Products in One Kobe Way, Bowling Green, KY 42101 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was quality Operator in automobile suspension springs, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- 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
- Quality Tensile Cage - Bandsaw
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 4
Before the incident
Operator was working on cutting parts for quality purposes
What happened
While cutting the part the operator did not place it in the stabilizer gauge. This allowed the part to move when it contacted the blade. The operator was not using the push tool to stabilize the part instead their finger. When the part moved their finger contacted the blade.
Injury or illness
Laceration to right pointer finger from bandsaw blade
Object or substance involved
Bandsaw Blade
Summary line
Laceration to right pointer finger from bandsaw blade
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Quality Operator
- SOC code
- 51-9061: Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
- NAICS code
- 332613: Automobile suspension springs, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 788
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 1,569,585
- Establishment ID
- 900262
- Employer case #
- 2517
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 11:17
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-21
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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