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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
Arnold Electromagnets Ogallala Amplifiers, magnetic, pulse, A 0.8
Fremont Grain Elevator Fremont Grain and Field Bean Merchan A 0.8
Pioneer Hi-bred International Inc. Doniphan Seed processing, post-harves A 0.8
G&G Manufacturing Compay Omaha Couplings, mechanical power A 0.8
Waterloo Waterloo Seed processing, post-harves A 0.8
Interstate Business Equipment, Inc. Ralston Operating systems software, C 0.8
Asplundh Tree Expert LLC Region 163 Ralston Arborist services A 0.8
Lyman-Richey Corporate Office Omaha Ready-mix concrete manufactu A 0.8
Pierce Building Lincoln Genetic testing laboratories A 0.8
JFSNA at ADM Columbus Columbus Chemical (except petrochemic A 0.8
Fremont Electric, Inc. Fremont Electrical contractors A 0.7
Pioneer Hi-Bred Int., Inc York Planting crops A 0.7
International Paper Omaha Corrugated paper made from p A 0.7
LI-COR, Inc Lincoln Infrared analytical instrume A 0.7
Cargill - Blair Blair Construction management, sin A 0.7
D.R. Anderson Constructors Omaha Addition, alteration and ren A 0.7
PSSI - 0854 Cargill Incorporated - Columbus Columbus Janitorial Services A 0.7
IES Commercial, Inc. - Grand Island/Holdrege Grand Island Electrical wiring contractor A 0.7
ASO Omaha Athletic club facilities, ph A 0.7
Grand Island Office Grand Island Poured Concrete Foundation a A 0.7
Zoetis Inc Lincoln Vaccines (i.e., bacterial, v A 0.7
Aerospace-York York Other Aircraft Parts and Aux A 0.7
Fisher Window Cleaning, LLC Omaha Window cleaning services A 0.7
South Sioux City - Main Store South Sioux City Supermarkets and Other Groce A 0.7
BD Medical Colu Hypodermic needles and syrin A 0.7
BD Columbus East Columbus Hypodermic needles and syrin A 0.7
Apache - OPPD Nebraska City Station Nebraska City Scaffold erecting and disman A 0.7
Community Memorial Health Center Burwell Assisted-living facilities w A 0.7
Beaver Crossing Beaver Crossing Wheat farming, field and see A 0.7
L3 Technologies - Offut Omaha Aircraft maintenance and rep A 0.7
Wm 4138 Omaha - A 0.7
3774 Family Fare ( 5110 S 108th St, Omaha, Ne) Omaha Supermarkets and Other Groce A 0.7
Waterloo West Waterloo Seed processing, post-harves A 0.7
Consolidated Companies Inc Lincoln Agreement corporation (excep C 0.7
Zoetis - Lincoln, NE Lincoln Vaccines (i.e., bacterial, v A 0.7
NGC Group Inc Lincoln Construction management, com A 0.7
Columbus Corn Plant Columbus - A 0.7
Omaha 10421 Omaha Plasma Center A 0.7
Food Safety Net Services, Ltd - Omaha Lab Omaha Laboratory testing (except m D 0.7
Armbrust YMCA Omaha Athletic club facilities, ph A 0.7
Myers Construction Inc Broken Bow Utility line (i.e., sewer, w A 0.7
Alliance, NE (EMD) Alliance Railroad rolling stock manuf A 0.7
Home Office Columbus Mechanical contractors A 0.7
Elemental Scientific, Inc. Omaha Laboratory analytical instru A 0.6
Sensory Effects Cereal Systems Lincoln Breakfast cereals manufactur A 0.6
JEO Consulting Group, Inc. Wahoo Civil engineering services D 0.6
Lincoln Industries - South Lincoln Buffing metals and metal pro A 0.6
LI-COR Biosciences Lincoln Acidity (i.e., pH) measuring A 0.6
Scantron - Omaha Omaha Computer equipment repair an A 0.6
B&R Central Office Lincoln Grocery stores A 0.6
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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.