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OSHA Injury Report: Kobelco Aluminum Automotive Products

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Kobelco Aluminum Automotive Products in Bowling Green, KY 42101 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was wastewater Foreman 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
Wastewater Treatment Building
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Operator was using a tool to try and remove a bunghole from a steel drum

Associate had to exert force to remove bunghole. When he did so the operator felt a pop in his left shoulder leading to pain in the shoulder

Left shoulder strain from removing bunghole from steel drum

Operator excreting force on bunghole removal tool caused ergonomic strain

Left shoulder strain from removing bunghole from steel drum

Job description
Wastewater Foreman
SOC code
51-1011 — First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
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 #
2519
Date of incident
Shift started
17:00
Time of incident
0:10
Filing year
2025
Submitted
29JAN26:17:14:00

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.