Steel mill products (e.g., bar, plate, rod, sheet, structural shapes) manufacturing · Nebraska
Nucor Steel Nebraska
Norfolk, NE · ~506 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Nucor Steel Nebraska runs at 24% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Steel mill products (e.g., bar, plate, rod, sheet, structural shapes) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
Nucor Steel Nebraska: 0.8 TCR = 24% of Steel mill products (e.g., bar, plate, rod, sheet, structural shapes) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Nucor Steel Nebraska safety composite
Nucor Steel Nebraska scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 89% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 52%), 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).
67/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 0.79 per 100 workers
Safer than 89% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 0.91 per 100 workers
Safer than 52% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Nucor Steel Nebraska: 1.0 → 1.5 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 1.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.15× in 2024
Nucor Steel Nebraska's TCR rose 0.5 from 1.0 in 2016 to 1.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.15× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 331110 · Norfolk, NE AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 24% of ind
- DART 0.9 DART
- RANK P89
- PHOTO Gary Works
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 37 inj
- SIZE ~506 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Gary Works (0.0 TCR gap)
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Nucor Steel Nebraska in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Nucor Steel Nebraska
0.8 TCR
- Gary Works
Gary Works
0.8 TCR
- Lockport Opera
Lockport Operations
0.8 TCR
- Nucor Steel
Nucor Steel
0.8 TCR
- Wheeling Machi
Wheeling Machine
0.8 TCR
What this shows Nucor Steel Nebraska averages 0.8 TCR (24% of the Steel mill products (e.g., bar, plate, rod, sheet, structural shapes) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Nucor Steel Nebraska TCR series: 2016=1 · 2017=1.1 · 2018=0.4 · 2019=0.6 · 2020=0.4 · 2021=1.1 · 2022=0 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=1.5 · BLS 3.3
Where Nucor Steel Nebraska falls in its industry
416 Steel mill products (e.g., bar establishmentsSafer than 89% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.
Nucor Steel Nebraska has more employees than the Steel mill products (e.g., bar, plate, r 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 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
331110 · NE · Norfolk
416 Steel mill products (e.g., bar, plate, rod, sheet, structural shapes) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 87 employers in Norfolk, NE · 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 | Gary Works | 0.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lockport Operations | 0.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Nucor Steel | 0.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Wheeling Machine | 0.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | LI Main Plant | 507 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | OTC - LaVista | 504 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Election Systems & Software LLC | 503 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | McCain Foods | 511 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Faith Regional Health Services West Campus | 823 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | AWG, Norfolk | 493 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Vulcraft Nebraska | 460 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | AWG - NORFOLK | 430 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Progressive Construction Company, LLC | 0.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Exothermic Molding, Inc | 0.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | MidSouth Fabrication and Coatings | 0.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | United Dynamics | 0.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Jewish Family Service Association of Cleveland | 506 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | PTN Plant Turkey Point | 506 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hy-Tek Material Handling | 506 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Wegmans Manalapan 095 | 506 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.