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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 sB Casting Foreman 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
SB Casting Line

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
5

Before the incident

Operator was working at casting line lifting a dam

What happened

Operator strained pulled muscle to the right outer shoulder while lifting a dam with a crowbar.

Injury or illness

Right Outer Shoulder Strain

Object or substance involved

Operator exerted too much force when performing manual task (using crowbar) in casting department led to ergonomic strain.

Summary line

Right Outer Shoulder Strain

Employee and industry

Job description
SB Casting Foreman
SOC code
51-1011 — First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
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 #
2451

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
17:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
10JAN2025:13:16:00

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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.