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OSHA Injury Report: Akebono Elizabethtown

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Akebono Elizabethtown in Elizabethtown, KY 42701 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was temporary laborer in brake caliper assemblies, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing.

Establishment
Akebono Elizabethtown
Parent company
Akebono Brake Corp.
Street
300 Ring Road
City
Elizabethtown
State
KY
ZIP
42701
On-site location
CB29
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
60

worker was pulling cart while not using handles operator handles

when in position the worker hit the floor pedal to release tilt of the cart when titled the weight of the casting container slid forward smashing and pinning both hands

fractures to left middle and right index and middle fingers

casting container casting tub frame

fractures to Left middle finger and right middle and index finger when casting tub slid forward pinning hands

Job description
Temporary laborer
SOC code
53-7062 — Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
NAICS code
336340 — Brake caliper assemblies, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
609
Total hours worked
1295430
EIN
363993763
Establishment ID
1076687
Employer case #
31
Date of incident
Shift started
14:00
Time of incident
14:30
Filing year
2024
Submitted
20JAN2025:14:08:00

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.