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 cF Maintenance in cold rolling steel shapes (e.g., bar, plate, rod, sheet, strip) 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
- Cold Finish NE - Turner 2
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 4
Before the incident
Maintenance work on the Turner 2.
What happened
Turner 1 saw had a hydraulic leak that was dripping on the chip conveyor that runs underneath the saw. After repairing the leak maintenance wanted to check to see if the leak was fixed. In order to do that they needed to get the oil that had previously dripped onto the belt. To remove the oil Brake Clean was used to spray onto the conveyor belt as it was running. The Turner operator was given the ok to start running bars and as the bars entered the saw and began to make the cut sparks were created when the saw blade made contact with the bars. The sparks then ignited the fumes from the brake clean and engulfed the maintenance teammate in flames.
Injury or illness
burns to both arms and face.
Object or substance involved
a ball of fire caused by a spark igniting brake cleaner fumes.
Summary line
Face and arms burn
Employee and industry
- Job description
- CF Maintenance
- SOC code
- 37-2011 — Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
- NAICS code
- 331221 — Cold rolling steel shapes (e.g., bar, plate, rod, sheet, strip) made from purchased steel
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 112
- Total hours worked
- 270789
- EIN
- 324442186
- Establishment ID
- 1066618
- Employer case #
- 3
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 5:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 6:40:00.000
- Submitted
- 18JAN24:12:06:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.