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
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 2
Before the incident
Operator was working on prying a stuck part from the upper piece in the press.
What happened
While trying to pry the part loose the operators left hand made contact with the robot behind him causing a small laceration and swelling to the hand.
Injury or illness
Contusion to the left pointer finger knuckle.
Object or substance involved
The robot the operator contacted caused the contusion
Summary line
Contusion to left pointer finger knuckle
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 #
- 2454
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 5:00
- Time of incident
- 8:50
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 10JAN2025:13:41:00
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.