Bowling Green, KY —
OSHA Injury Report: Western Kentucky University-Bowling Green
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Western Kentucky University-Bowling Green in Bowling Green, KY 42101 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was shipping and Receiving Clerk in academies, college or university.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Western Kentucky University-Bowling Green
- Parent company
- Western Kentucky University (Bowling Green)
- Street
- 1906 College Heights Blvd.
- City
- Bowling Green
- State
- KY
- ZIP
- 42101
- On-site location
- Service Supply; 3rd floor surplus
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 41
Before the incident
Installing brackets on a desk
What happened
Employee was in the process of assembling a metal desk consisting of two pieces. A co-worker was assisting employee in this process and was holding up one end of the desk so employee could install the connector brackets on the other end. Employee bent down on the floor to gain access to underneath the desk. When positioning his body under the desk the co-worker unexpectedly let go of her end of the desk causing the desk to fall onto employees hand.
Injury or illness
Contusion Smash Tip of left middle and index finger.
Object or substance involved
Weight of metal desk.
Summary line
Smash to tip of left middle and index finger from assisting co-worker assemble a desk. Desk fell on employee after co-worker accidently let go of section being held as employee assembled.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Shipping and Receiving Clerk
- SOC code
- 43-5071 — Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
- NAICS code
- 611310 — Academies, college or university
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 1987
- Total hours worked
- 3973476
- EIN
- 616055628
- Establishment ID
- 177926
- Employer case #
- 23-006R
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 8:30:00.000
- Submitted
- 30JAN24:16:09:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.