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 2
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 9
Before the incident
Operator was cleaning dies and knocked a die heater plug loose
What happened
The plug was able to fall into some debris oil. This caused a small fire which spooked the operator. The operator leapt back from the fire and contacted his hand on the die heater
Injury or illness
Contusion to right hand
Object or substance involved
Die heater that operator 's hand contacted
Summary line
Contusion to right hand
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 #
- 2456
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 17:00
- Time of incident
- 21:40
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 10JAN2025:13:50:00
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.