Bowling Green, KY ·
OSHA Injury Report: Western Kentucky University-Bowling Green
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Western Kentucky University-Bowling Green in 1906 College Heights Blvd., Bowling Green, KY 42101 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was hvac Tech in academies, college or university.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Western Kentucky University-Bowling Green
- Parent company
- Western Kentucky University (Bowling Green)
- Street
- 1906 College Heights Blvd.
- City
- Bowling Green
- State
- KY
- ZIP
- 42101
- On-site location
- Kentucky Museum; 2nd floor attic
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 56
Before the incident
Descending ladder.
What happened
While climbing down the ladder to retrieve a fan belt and other needed equipment from the truck employee miss stepped or slipped causing him to begin to fall down the attic access ladder. While suddenly falling downward he began to try and grab something to steady himself and stop the fall. Employee was able to grab the attic door to break his fall but the attic door slammed down on his hand in the process.
Injury or illness
Injury
Object or substance involved
Metal Attic door
Summary line
Contusion to left should and abrasion to left hand.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- HVAC Tech
- SOC code
- 49-9021: Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Inst
- NAICS code
- 611310: Academies, college or university
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 1,918
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 3,836,317
- EIN
- 616055628
- Establishment ID
- 177926
- Employer case #
- 02-001R
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 14:45
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-23
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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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