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Nebraska workplace safety

How 3,594 OSHA-reporting employers across Nebraska compare on workplace injuries, 2016–2024.

3,594
Employers
5.4
Avg TCR
66,482
Injuries
63
Fatalities

The state picture

Nebraska's reporting employers average 5.4 recordable injuries per 100 workers, 2.0 times the ~2.7 all-industry private-sector norm.

5.4
avg TCR · per 100 workers
3,594
employers reporting
66,482
recordable injuries
63
worker fatalities

State average reflects each state's industry mix. Sort the table below by each employer's own grade against its industry benchmark.

Nebraska grade distribution 3,594 graded establishments · width = share

24% of Nebraska's reporting establishments earn an F and 15% an A, each measured against its own industry benchmark, not the state line. These grades are a transparent derived index, not an official OSHA rating; see the Methodology for the exact formula.

Where Nebraska ranks among states

54 states & territories by avg TCR

Nebraska's average TCR of 5.4 is lower than 40% of states, a state average reflects industry mix as much as workplace safety.

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A second cut tells a different story: ranked by injury rate alone, Nebraska is #33 of 54. Ranked instead by fatalities per employer establishment, it's #48 of 54, a 15-place swing. A state can run a moderate everyday injury rate while its rarer, most severe incidents cluster differently; the two metrics measure different things and shouldn't be read as interchangeable.

How Nebraska Workplaces Compare

Nebraska hosts 3,594 employer establishments currently reporting to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. These are not small shops: federal rules require ITA submission from workplaces with 250+ employees in any industry, plus workplaces with 20+ employees in the roughly 60 NAICS codes classified as high-hazard (construction, manufacturing, healthcare, warehousing, agriculture, and others). Across this Nebraska cohort, workers have logged 66,482 recordable injuries, producing a state average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 5.4 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year during 2016–2024.

The state has recorded 63 workplace fatalities in the reporting window, which is tracked separately from non-fatal injury counts because fatal events have their own investigation trail under 29 CFR 1904.39. Reading state-level TCR requires context: the headline figure is driven by a state's industry mix. A state with a heavy construction, logging, or meatpacking footprint will mechanically post higher TCR than a state dominated by finance or professional services, even when individual employers are equally well-managed. That is why the employer table below sorts each establishment by its own TCR and letter grade, against the BLS benchmark for its specific industry, not against the state average.

For jobseekers, relocators, investors, and local safety professionals, state-level pages function as an entry point: use the grade-sorted list to spot the safest and highest-risk employers in Nebraska, then click through to an individual establishment for its year-by-year injury, illness, DART, and fatality trajectory. Compare multiple years before drawing conclusions, a single outlier year can reflect a specific event, whereas a sustained pattern across reporting cycles is a more reliable risk signal. All data comes directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries. State OSHA plans in 22 states operate their own enforcement programs in parallel, but the injury data above is harmonized through the federal ITA system.

Employers in Nebraska, by injury rate

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Employer CityIndustryGradeAvg TCR
Hi-Line Cooperative, Inc.-SUTHERLAND AG Sutherland Chemicals, agricultural, mer D 2.8
Malloy Electric-Omaha Omaha Abrasives merchant wholesale D 2.8
Cottonwood Estates Central City Assisted-living facilities w B 2.8
Hunke Manufacturing LLC Snyder Irrigation equipment, agricu C 2.8
ALLO Fiber: Grand Island Grand Island Telecommunications carriers, F 2.8
NAGL Manufacturing Omaha Brushes, household-type and C 2.8
Brookdale Seward Heartland Park Seward Assisted-living facilities w B 2.8
258 - Lincoln Lincoln - C 2.8
Omaha West Omaha Railcar Repair B 2.8
DANKO Emergency Equipment Corporation Snyder Firefighting equipment and s D 2.8
DGS Aviation Services : OMA - Omaha Omaha Support Activities for Air T B 2.8
Valley NE Valley - C 2.8
Hastings, NE Hastings Seed processing, post-harves B 2.8
Lincoln Office/Shop Lincoln Poured Concrete Foundation a C 2.8
Midlands Packaging Lincoln Packaging machinery manufact C 2.8
Vincentini Plumbing Inc Omaha Air system balancing and tes C 2.8
Sarpy County YMCA Papillion Athletic club facilities, ph C 2.8
Green Plains York LLC York Ethanol C 2.8
RD Industries, Inc. Omaha Awnings, rigid plastics or f C 2.8
Commercial HVAC Americas : SVC-Mid-America Heartland : SVC-OMAHA NE-USA Ralston - D 2.8
MFL, LLC (dba Anderson Mazda) Lincoln Automobile dealers, new only C 2.8
2288-0790 Lincoln Structural Pest Control B 2.8
Kohler Industries, Inc. Lincoln - C 2.8
Omaha Central OC Omaha Grocery stores C 2.8
Lincoln - 501 Lincoln Tire Distributor D 2.8
Shopko Hometown #698 (Gothenburg, NE) Gothenburg Department Stores C 2.8
Tenneco-Seward Seward Exhaust systems and parts, a B 2.8
10493 Lincoln Lincoln - C 2.7
Fireplace Stone & Patio Omaha Masonry (e.g., block, brick, C 2.7
Gavilon Grain - Kearney Kearney Grain elevators merchant who D 2.7
Life Care Centers of Elkhorn Elkhorn Skilled nursing facilities A 2.7
Hornady MFG Co West Plant Alda Ammunition, small arms (i.e. C 2.7
Lincoln NE FXFE-LNK Lincoln Less Than Truckload General B 2.7
615-00321 Omaha Supermarkets and Other Groce C 2.7
Marcus Omaha LLC Omaha Hotels (except casino hotels C 2.7
Vishay Dale Plant 6 Columbus Resistors, electronic, manuf C 2.7
Heritage of Red Cloud Red Cloud Convalescent homes or conval A 2.7
2532-Kearney, NE (Monsanto Co.) Kearney Postharvest Crop Activities B 2.7
Ready Mixed Concrete Company Bellevue Ready-mix concrete manufactu C 2.7
Eyman Plumbing Inc Lavista Heating, ventilation and air C 2.7
Frenchman Valley Produce, Inc. Imperial Potato farming, field and se B 2.7
TK Elevator Omaha Omaha Elevator installation conve C 2.7
FlexMag - Norfolk Norfolk Extruded, molded or lathe-cu C 2.7
IES Commercial, Inc. - Norfolk Norfolk Electrical wiring contractor C 2.7
Consolidated Electrical Distributors (Pc4157) Lincoln Electric motors, wiring supp D 2.7
Republic National Distributing Company 3 La Vista - D 2.7
Valley NE - Main Campus Valley - C 2.7
3087 Keystone Omaha Automotive parts, new, merch D 2.7
General Dynamics, Ordnance and Tactical Systems Lincoln West Operations Lincoln Developing and producing pro C 2.7
Kearney County Health Services Minden Medical A 2.7
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What Nebraska's safety record means for you

Nebraska averages a TCR of 5.4 - about 2.0× the ~2.7 national private-sector norm. A state average hides wide employer-by-employer variation.

State averages use the credible-subset mean across reporting establishments; they are statistical summaries, not regulatory assessments.

Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.