Bowling Green, KY —
OSHA Injury Report: Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products in Bowling Green, KY 42101 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was forging Operator in automobile suspension springs, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products
- Parent company
- Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products LLC
- Street
- One Kobe Way
- City
- Bowling Green
- State
- KY
- ZIP
- 42101
- On-site location
- Press 1
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 76
Before the incident
Operator was attempting to remove stuck part with pry bar.
What happened
While operator was using the pry bar he lost his balance and fell forward. This caused his finger to become smashed between the pry bar and the die he was trying to remove the stuck part from.
Injury or illness
Open Finger Fracture - Left Ring Finger
Object or substance involved
Associate was injured by the pry bar smashing his finger between it and the die.
Summary line
Open Finger Fracture
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Forging Operator
- SOC code
- 51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 332613 — Automobile suspension springs, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 866
- Total hours worked
- 1603353
- Establishment ID
- 900262
- Employer case #
- 2435
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 17:00
- Time of incident
- 23:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 08JAN2025:14:45:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.