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 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
- EP2 - Chemical Tote Area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 36
Before the incident
Operator was working to correct a leaking nitric hose at the ep line.
What happened
While doing so the operator forgot to don the appropriate chemical PPE. The operator was going to turn a valve and did not realize he was actually turning on the valve. This allowed nitric to flow out of the hose and contact the operator.
Injury or illness
Nitric Chemical Burn to the left forearm hand
Object or substance involved
Nitric acid caused burn to operators skin.
Summary line
Nitric Chemical Burn to the left forearm hand
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 #
- 2452
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 17:00
- Time of incident
- 23:35
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 10JAN2025:13:25:00
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.