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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
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
Filing year
2023
Submitted
18JAN24:12:06:00

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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.