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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 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 2 Billet Table

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
1
Days restricted or transferred
48

Before the incident

Associate was unsticking a billet that became lodged in the billet table.

What happened

While unsticking the billet from the table the once un lodged the table was able to cycle and crushed the associate 's hand between billets and the table.

Injury or illness

Fracture to the Left-Hand 4th & 5th finger from billet table coming down on hand

Object or substance involved

Billet table and billets on the table caused the fracture

Summary line

Fracture to the Left-Hand 4th & 5th finger

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 #
2523

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
17:00
Time of incident
20:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
19JAN26:20:59:00

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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.