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OSHA Injury Report: Western Kentucky University-Bowling Green

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Western Kentucky University-Bowling Green in Bowling Green, KY 42101 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was student Employee Farm in academies, college or university.

Establishment
Western Kentucky University-Bowling Green
Parent company
Western Kentucky University (Bowling Green)
Street
1906 College Heights Blvd.
City
Bowling Green
State
KY
ZIP
42101
On-site location
WKU Dairy Farm; Field
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Moving Cattle

Employee was in the process of milking cows and herding into collection area parlor. When doing do a cow had pushed into a another cow that was standing at the entry gate where the employee was stationed. This action caused the gate to fling open suddenly striking the employee in the head resulting in a laceration.

Laceration to left eyebrow

Metal cattle gate

Laceration requiring stitches to left eyebrow from herding miling cows into parlor. Cow pushed against an entry gate causing the gate to strike emplloyees head.

Job description
Student Employee Farm
SOC code
00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
NAICS code
611310 — Academies, college or university
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
1918
Total hours worked
3836317
EIN
616055628
Establishment ID
177926
Employer case #
25-026R
Date of incident
Shift started
16:30
Time of incident
17:08
Filing year
2025
Submitted
02FEB26:16:57:00

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.