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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 plating 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 602

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
7

Before the incident

worker was changing out plater racks on plater 602 with another associate

What happened

when he went to lift the rack to remove it he felt a pain in the lower back

Injury or illness

lower back strain

Object or substance involved

none

Summary line

strain to lower back while removing plater racks

Employee and industry

Job description
Plating Associate
SOC code
00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
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 #
12

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
14:40
Filing year
2025
Submitted
16JAN26:17:52:00

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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.