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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
Casting 3

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
23
Days restricted or transferred
43

Before the incident

Operator was rolling scrap billets on casting line

What happened

While rolling the billets manually. The operators hand became pinched between two billets pinching the tip of his finger.

Injury or illness

Amputation of R middle Phalanx while removing billets of the autostacker

Object or substance involved

Aluminum billets

Summary line

Amputation of R middle Phalanx while removing billets of the autostacker

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 #
2541

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
17:00
Time of incident
21:51
Filing year
2025
Submitted
28JAN26:17:53:00

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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.