Bowling Green, KY —
OSHA Injury Report: American HOWA Kentucky
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at American HOWA Kentucky in Bowling Green, KY 42101 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was pC Material Handler in motor vehicle interior systems (e.g., headliners, panels, seats, trims) manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- American HOWA Kentucky
- Parent company
- American HOWA
- Street
- 445 Jody Richards Drive
- City
- Bowling Green
- State
- KY
- ZIP
- 42101
- On-site location
- Building 3, PC office area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Associate had been performing routine duties as material handler and had just parked their forklift before attempting to dismount.
What happened
Associate was attempting to dismount the forklift when they grabbed the frame of the forklift instead of the handle to maintain 3 points of contact per company policy when mounting and dismounting the forklift. The associate then slipped causing her thumb to make contact with the inside of the forklift handle fracturing the metacarpel in their right thumb.
Injury or illness
Fractured right thumb metacarpal.
Object or substance involved
When the associate slipped while incorrectly dismounting the forklift their thumb made contact with the inside of the forklift handle causing a fracture to the right thumb metacarpal.
Summary line
Fractured right thumb dismounting sit-down powered industrial truck
Employee and industry
- Job description
- PC Material Handler
- SOC code
- 53-7062 — Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- NAICS code
- 336360 — Motor vehicle interior systems (e.g., headliners, panels, seats, trims) manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 252
- Total hours worked
- 362178
- EIN
- 260177642
- Establishment ID
- 1143656
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 14:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 29JAN26:15:42:00
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.