Ghent, KY ·
OSHA Injury Report: Nucor Steel Gallatin
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Nucor Steel Gallatin in 4831 US Hwy 42 W, Ghent, KY 41045 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was caster Utility in mini-mills, steel.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Nucor Steel Gallatin
- Parent company
- Nucor
- Street
- 4831 US Hwy 42 W
- City
- Ghent
- State
- KY
- ZIP
- 41045
- On-site location
- Caster
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
The teammate was assisting in getting the equipment up and running.
What happened
On [REDACTED] the teammate stepped on a piece of plywood that was covering a 2 ' deep hole that was created from removing equipment out of the [REDACTED]. When the TM stepped on the plywood cover the plywood broke causing the TM to fall into the hole. TM hit his left shin causing a laceration. TM was evaluated by the shift EMT and the on-site occupational health and safety coordinator where he received first aid treatment. TM returned back to work.
Injury or illness
The teammate reported to the company nurse on 05-18-25 that his laceration on his left shin started oozing. On 05-19-25 the company nurse took the teammate to St. [REDACTED] Business Health where he received an antibiotic to treat infection as well as prevent future infection.
Object or substance involved
The edge of the opening in the floor.
Summary line
Laceration to left shin that got infected
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Caster Utility
- SOC code
- 53-7199: Material Moving Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 331110: Mini-mills, steel
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 686
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 1,776,434
- EIN
- 611245380
- Establishment ID
- 1181622
- Employer case #
- 3
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 08:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-21
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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, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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