Bowling Green, KY —
OSHA Injury Report: American HOWA Kentucky
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at American HOWA Kentucky in Bowling Green, KY 42101 resulted in days away from work. Employee was production Supervisor 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, Pour department
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 16
- Days restricted or transferred
- 23
Before the incident
Pushing pour boxes along floor track.
What happened
The push assist mechanism is broken so the associates have to manually push the boxes.
Injury or illness
Lower back strain.
Object or substance involved
Pushing heavy boxes over extended period of time.
Summary line
Pushing pulling heavy pour boxes lower back strain
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Production Supervisor
- SOC code
- 51-1011 — First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
- 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 #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 6:45
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 29JAN26:15:46:00
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.