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OSHA Injury Report: Nucor

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Nucor in 25 Quarry Road, Auburn, NY 13021 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was refractory Team Lead in bars, concrete reinforcing (rebar), made from purchased steel in steel rolling mills.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Nucor
Parent company
Nucor Steel
Street
25 Quarry Road
City
Auburn
State
NY
ZIP
13021
On-site location
Melt Shop

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
49

Before the incident

Setting brick for furnance

What happened

While bending down to pick up a brick for install during the furnace reline another teammate set a brick on a pallet causing the cardboard that the brick is stored on to slide and drop a brick about 3 feet onto teammates left index finger.

Injury or illness

Fractured left index finger

Object or substance involved

Brick for furnace

Summary line

Left index finger fracture

Employee and industry

Job description
Refractory Team Lead
SOC code
51-1011 — First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
NAICS code
331221 — Bars, concrete reinforcing (rebar), made from purchased steel in steel rolling mills
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
269
Total hours worked
60450855
Establishment ID
1424282
Employer case #
25-20

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
17:50
Filing year
2025
Submitted
26JAN26:10:44:00

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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 — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.