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OSHA Injury Report: Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products in One Kobe Way, Bowling Green, KY 42101 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was casting Operator in automobile suspension springs, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products
Parent company
Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products LLC
Street
One Kobe Way
City
Bowling Green
State
KY
ZIP
42101
On-site location
Casting 1

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
83

Before the incident

Operator was running casting 1 line.

What happened

While doing so the operator noticed the billets were not rolling properly down the table. This caused the operator to start rolling the billets by hand. While doing so the operators hand (glove) became caught between two billets causing a contusion to the right middle finger.

Injury or illness

Caught between injury to right middle finger. Contusion to right middle finger

Object or substance involved

Two billets caused contusion to operator 's middle finger.

Summary line

Caught between injury to right middle finger

Employee and industry

Job description
Casting Operator
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
332613 — Automobile suspension springs, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
866
Total hours worked
1603353
Establishment ID
900262
Employer case #
2449

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
17:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
10JAN2025:12:53:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.