Mini-mills, steel · Kentucky

Nucor Steel Gallatin

Ghent, KY · ~491 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Nucor Steel Gallatin runs at 32% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Mini-mills, steel workplace, earning a grade A.

Nucor Steel Gallatin: 1.1 TCR = 32% of Mini-mills, steel BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nucor Steel Gallatin safety composite

Nucor Steel Gallatin scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

C

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

TCR Δ

−2.1

2016→2024

Nucor Steel Gallatin injury rate improved

Nucor Steel Gallatin's TCR fell 2.1 from 2.7 in 2016 to 0.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.7 · 2017=1.5 · 2018=1.5 · 2019=1.0 · 2021=0.8 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.4 · 2024=0.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331110 · Ghent, KY AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 32% of ind

  • DART 0.4 DART
  • RANK #3/14
  • PHOTO PITTSBURGH PIPE AT L…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 40 inj
  • SIZE ~491 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PITTSBURGH PIPE AT LITCHFIELD (0.0 TCR gap)

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Nucor Steel Gallatin in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Nucor Steel Gallatin averages 1.1 TCR (32% of the Mini-mills, steel BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Nucor Steel Gallatin TCR series: 2016=2.7 · 2017=1.5 · 2018=1.5 · 2019=1 · 2021=0.8 · 2022=0 · 2023=0.4 · 2024=0.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Nucor Steel Gallatin falls in its industry

416 Mini-mills, steel establishments

Safer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 14 Mini-mills, steel employers in Kentucky.

Nucor Steel Gallatin (491 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 155 employees and a TCR of 2.7 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Nucor Steel Gallatin
Nucor Steel Gallatin (491 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 155 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Nucor Steel Gallatin has more employees than the Mini-mills, steel median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2024 0.7 0.4 5 0 0
2023 0.4 0.0 3 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.8 0.3 5 0 0
2019 1.0 0.7 6 0 0
2018 1.5 0.9 5 3 0
2017 1.5 1.0 7 1 0
2016 2.7 0.9 9 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331110 · KY · Ghent

416 Mini-mills, steel employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 17 employers in Ghent, KY · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR PITTSBURGH PIPE AT LITCHFIELD 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Quick Quack Car Wash COE 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nucor Steel Jackson 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Silgan Containers Oconomowoc 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hydro-Gear, Princeton 493 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kenton County Airport Board / CVG 493 FTE
STATE-SIZE Regal Beloit America, Inc. 493 FTE
STATE-SIZE Florence Novolex Plant 488 FTE
CITY-NEAR NORTH AMERICAN STAINLESS - GHENT 1,507 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ghent Kentrucky 1,440 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ghent Station 222 FTE
CITY-NEAR 67230112--NORTH AMERICAN STAINLESS - HOU 101 FTE
NAT-TCR Kraft Heinz 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Capital Spring 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Eagle Eye Produce, Inc. 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR B&B Electrical & Utility Contractors Inc. 1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel 491 FTE
NAT-SIZE J&M Tank Lines 491 FTE
NAT-SIZE Water Quality : Hach - Ames 491 FTE
NAT-SIZE Infirmary Health System 491 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.