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Elizabethtown, KY —

OSHA Injury Report: Akebono Elizabethtown

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Akebono Elizabethtown in 300 Ring Road, Elizabethtown, KY 42701 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was production associate in brake caliper assemblies, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Akebono Elizabethtown
Parent company
Akebono Brake Corp.
Street
300 Ring Road
City
Elizabethtown
State
KY
ZIP
42701
On-site location
Plater 604

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
180

Before the incident

worker was manually pushing a cart containing a full cage of parts to its pick up location

What happened

worker felt pain in the groin

Injury or illness

inguinal hernia

Object or substance involved

none

Summary line

strain to groin when pushing a cart containing a cage of parts

Employee and industry

Job description
production associate
SOC code
51-2099 — Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
NAICS code
336340 — Brake caliper assemblies, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
540
Total hours worked
1053125
EIN
363993763
Establishment ID
1076687
Employer case #
5

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
16JAN26:15:42:00

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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.