Bowling Green, KY ·
OSHA Injury Report: Kobelco Aluminum Automotive Products
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Kobelco Aluminum Automotive Products in One Kobe Way, Bowling Green, KY 42101 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was wastewater Foreman 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
- Wastewater Treatment Building
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Operator was using a tool to try and remove a bunghole from a steel drum
What happened
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
Injury or illness
Left shoulder strain from removing bunghole from steel drum
Object or substance involved
Operator excreting force on bunghole removal tool caused ergonomic strain
Summary line
Left shoulder strain from removing bunghole from steel drum
Employee and industry
- 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
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 788
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 1,569,585
- Establishment ID
- 900262
- Employer case #
- 2519
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 17:00
- Time of incident
- 00:10
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-29
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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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