Norfolk, NE —
OSHA Injury Report: Nucor Cold Finish Nebraska
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Nucor Cold Finish Nebraska in Norfolk, NE 68701 resulted in days away from work. Employee was maintenance in bars, steel, made in cold rolling mills made from purchased steel.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Nucor Cold Finish Nebraska
- Parent company
- Nucor Cold Finish Nebraska
- Street
- 2301 W. Omaha Ave.
- City
- Norfolk
- State
- NE
- ZIP
- 68701
- On-site location
- Bar Line
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 53
Before the incident
The teammate was in the process of cutting off some welds after using a cutting torch to remove a piece of the bunk. The teammate was using a cut off wheel to remove some of the weld.
What happened
As the teammate was cutting off the old weld the grinder kicked back striking the teammate on the right hand with the grinder cut off wheel.
Injury or illness
The injury was a laceration to the teammates right index finger.
Object or substance involved
The kickback from the grinder cut off wheel resulted in the harm to our teammate.
Summary line
Laceration to right index finger from using a grinder to remove an old weld. As the teammate was cutting off the old weld the grinder kicked back striking the teammates right index finger.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance
- SOC code
- 49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 331221 — Bars, steel, made in cold rolling mills made from purchased steel
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 96
- Total hours worked
- 227841
- EIN
- 131860817
- Establishment ID
- 1299035
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 16:30
- Time of incident
- 23:05
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 06JAN26:15:56:00
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.