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OSHA Injury Report: Kobelco Aluminum Automotive Products

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Kobelco Aluminum Automotive Products in One Kobe Way, Bowling Green, KY 42101 resulted in days away from work. Employee was casting Operator in automobile suspension springs, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Kobelco Aluminum Automotive Products
Parent company
Kobelco Aluminum Automotive Products LLC
Street
One Kobe Way
City
Bowling Green
State
KY
ZIP
42101
On-site location
Q Machine Line

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
9

Before the incident

Associate was assisting with manually moving a billet with another operator

What happened

As the associates lifted one billet to relocate the next one on the conveyor system rolled downwards and struck the injured associate on the knee causing a laceration requiring sutures

Injury or illness

Laceration to left knee from aluminum billet

Object or substance involved

Aluminum billet

Summary line

Laceration to left knee from aluminum billet

Employee and industry

Job description
Casting Operator
SOC code
51-4072 — Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, an
NAICS code
332613 — Automobile suspension springs, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
788
Total hours worked
1569585
Establishment ID
900262
Employer case #
2526

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
17:00
Time of incident
22:15
Filing year
2025
Submitted
15JAN26:20:30:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.