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OSHA Injury Report: Nucor Steel Gallatin

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Nucor Steel Gallatin in 4831 US Hwy 42 W, 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

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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.