Bowling Green, KY —
OSHA Injury Report: Kobelco Aluminum Automotive Products
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Kobelco Aluminum Automotive Products in Bowling Green, KY 42101 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was eP Operator 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
- EP3 Grinding Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 6
Before the incident
Associate was picking up parts from conveyor belt and grinding imperfections then placing part back on the conveyor
What happened
As the operator went to pick up apart from the conveyor a tear in the conveyor belt caught on the associates left index finger. When she went to pull the part upwards the conveyor caused a laceration on her finger.
Injury or illness
Laceration to Left Index Finger from Damaged Conveyor Belt
Object or substance involved
Damaged conveyor belt caused laceration
Summary line
Laceration to Left Index Finger from Damaged Conveyor Belt
Employee and industry
- Job description
- EP Operator
- SOC code
- 51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
- 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 #
- 2528
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 17:00
- Time of incident
- 19:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 29JAN26:19:15:00
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.