Bowling Green, KY —
OSHA Injury Report: Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products in Bowling Green, KY 42101 resulted in days away from work. Employee was maintenance 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
- L Machine Line - SBC
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 1
- Days restricted or transferred
- 30
Before the incident
Operator was maintenance short billet cutter at l machine line
What happened
While doing so the operator connected the final wire and this caused the discharge chute to come forward pinching the operators left forearm. Operator stated he was unable to feel his thumb after the incident
Injury or illness
Contusion to the left forearm
Object or substance involved
L machine line SBC discharge chute caused the operators injury.
Summary line
Contusion to the left forearm
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance 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 #
- 2446
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 17:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 10JAN2025:12:34:00
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.