Ghent, KY ·
OSHA Injury Report: Nucor Steel Gallatin
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Nucor Steel Gallatin in 4831 US Hwy 42 W, Ghent, KY 41045 resulted in days away from work. Employee was melt Shop Mechanic 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
- Melt Shop
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 12
Before the incident
TM was repositioning wood cribbing under cathode power cable for C Furnace.
What happened
Cable slid and pinched finger between cathode and wood crushing finger between the two objects.
Injury or illness
Fracture and crush laceration to right ring finger
Object or substance involved
Caught between cathode cable and wood cribbing
Summary line
Fracture and crush laceration to right ring finger from cathode cable
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Melt Shop Mechanic
- SOC code
- 49-9041: Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 331110: Mini-mills, steel
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 715
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 1,534,221
- EIN
- 611245380
- Establishment ID
- 1181622
- Employer case #
- 4
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 11:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-01-22
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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