Ghent, KY —
OSHA Injury Report: Nucor Steel Gallatin
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Nucor Steel Gallatin in Ghent, KY 41045 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was locomotive Operator 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
- railroad track south of scrap yard (Material Handling)
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
The teammate was preparing to separate two railcars.
What happened
As the teammate was pulling up the cutting lever to separate two railcars and upon releasing the cutting lever it snapped back pinching his left small (pinkie) finger between the cutting lever and the bracket that the cutting lever is attached to.
Injury or illness
Laceration to left small (pinkie) finger
Object or substance involved
Cutting lever of the rail car
Summary line
laceration to pinkie finger on left hand
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Locomotive Operator
- SOC code
- 53-4011 — Locomotive Engineers
- NAICS code
- 331110 — Mini-mills, steel
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 750
- Total hours worked
- 1594457
- EIN
- 611245380
- Establishment ID
- 1181622
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 23:30:00.000
- Submitted
- 28FEB24:21:03:00
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.