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 One Kobe Way, 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 4
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 9
Before the incident
Operator was cleaning die lube off of lower holder on press 4.
What happened
While doing so the operator felt a pop. He then stated his right hand went numb and he was having difficulty walking pain in his legs.
Injury or illness
Ergonomic Back Strain & Right-Hand Paresthesia
Object or substance involved
Operator exerting physical force when cleaning die probably caused the pop and hand numbness.
Summary line
Ergonomic Back Strain & Right-Hand Paresthesia
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
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 866
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 1,603,353
- Establishment ID
- 900262
- Employer case #
- 2440
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:00
- Time of incident
- 14:48
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-01-08
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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