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OSHA Injury Report: Western Kentucky University-Bowling Green

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Western Kentucky University-Bowling Green in 1906 College Heights Blvd., Bowling Green, KY 42101 resulted in days away from work. Employee was boiler Operator 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
Poland Hall; Mechanical Room

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
90

Before the incident

Pushing down on pipe wrench to break piping loose on a condensation line.

What happened

Employee was in the process sof replacing a check valve on a HVAC unit that was rusted frozen. While attempting to loosen a section of pipe (confined space) using a large pipe wrench and pushing downward the wrench suddenly slipped causing him to loose his balance twist around and fall on same level.

Injury or illness

Low back and left side strain (pulled muscle).

Object or substance involved

Applying downforce on wrench

Summary line

Back strain from replacing a check valve on a HVAC unit that was rusted frozen. While attempting to loosen a section of pipe (confined space) using a large pipe wrench and pushing downward

Employee and industry

Job description
Boiler Operator
SOC code
51-8021 — Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
NAICS code
611310 — Academies, college or university
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1987
Total hours worked
3973476
EIN
616055628
Establishment ID
177926
Employer case #
23-019R

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
5:30:00.000
Time of incident
8:30:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
31JAN24:14:27:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.