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OSHA Injury Report: Nucor Cold Finish Nebraska

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Nucor Cold Finish Nebraska in 2301 W. Omaha Ave., 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.

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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
Maint. CF Cold Finish NE - Grinder

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
122

Before the incident

Doing Maintenace work on the grinder.

What happened

There are two bolts that fasten the wheel shaft to the yoke. He loosened the first bolt and leaned in to remove the bolt on the other side. While doing so placed his left hand on the yoke and began removing the second bolt. Once the second bolt came out the wheel dropped approximately 1 pinching his left pinky finger between the yoke and inner ring of the wheel. He thought he had just loosened the first bolt to keep the wheel supported but must have had it completely unthreaded.

Injury or illness

Fractured pinky fingertip.

Object or substance involved

Wheel shaft dropped approx. 1 on pinky finger.

Summary line

Caught in on or between objects

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 #
2

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
17:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
18JAN24:11:58:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.