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 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 6 Robot 2 Area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 1
- Days restricted or transferred
- 10
Before the incident
Operator was working to fix robot 2 on press 6
What happened
Operator was changing robot hand manually. When the hand connected to the robot it pressurized and grabbed the operators left hand pinching the middle finger causing a laceration.
Injury or illness
Laceration to the left middle finger
Object or substance involved
Robot hand caused operators laceration
Summary line
Laceration to left middle finger
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 #
- 2448
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 17:00
- Time of incident
- 22:10
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 10JAN2025:12:49:00
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.