Decatur, AL —
OSHA Injury Report: Nucor Tubular Product Inc. Decatur
Skin disorder · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , a skin disorder at Nucor Tubular Product Inc. Decatur in Decatur, AL 35601 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was maintenance Tech in tubing, mechanical and hypodermic sizes, cold-drawn stainless steel, made from purchased steel.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Nucor Tubular Product Inc. Decatur
- Parent company
- Nucor Tubular Products Inc.
- Street
- 2000 Independence Ave.
- City
- Decatur
- State
- AL
- ZIP
- 35601
- On-site location
- Main Line Conveyor Area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Skin disorder (code 2)
Before the incident
TM was on their knees grinding on a steel tube with an angle grinder
What happened
TM was using a 4 1 2 grinder to cut up a platform. TM attempted to set down the grinder not realizing the grinding wheel was still rotating. When the TM set the grinder down the grinder skipped off the floor about an inch brushing against the TM 's leg.
Injury or illness
Laceration to right upper leg (right above the knee) requiring stitches
Object or substance involved
Grinding wheel
Summary line
Laceration with stitches to lower right thigh
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance Tech
- SOC code
- 49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 331210 — Tubing, mechanical and hypodermic sizes, cold-drawn stainless steel, made from purchased steel
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 150
- Total hours worked
- 360586
- EIN
- 362744515
- Establishment ID
- 715193
- Employer case #
- 54670
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 7:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 16JAN26:18:45:00
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.