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OSHA Injury Report: Kobelco Aluminum Automotive Products

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Kobelco Aluminum Automotive Products in One Kobe Way, Bowling Green, KY 42101 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was forging 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
Press 9 Operator Station

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Operator was working at the press. Moving parts from the conveyor to a packing box.

What happened

While placing a part in a box the associate claims to have felt a pop and had pain in the left hand forearm

Injury or illness

Left Forearm Strain from placing part inside packing box

Object or substance involved

Operator did not have an object harm him

Summary line

Left Forearm Strain from placing part inside packing box

Employee and industry

Job description
Forging Operator
SOC code
51-4031 — Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Te
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 #
2534

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
5:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
19JAN26:17:39:00

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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.