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NUCOR STEEL TUSCALOOSA, INC.

1700 HOLT RD NE, TUSCALOOSA, AL, 35404
Operated by Nucor Corporation · 1 of 253 establishments
331110Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing
EIN 201215636

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OSHA inspections
4
over 11 years
Violations
2
$16,423 in penalties
Penalties
$16,423
$8,212 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 fatality · 1 hospitalizations · 1 National Emphasis Program inspections · 2 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

NUCOR STEEL TUSCALOOSA, INC. has accumulated 2 OSHA violations across 4 inspections over 11 years of recorded history, with $16,423 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 48th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 32 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 77th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 1 months ago.

Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

NUCOR STEEL TUSCALOOSA, INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety and EPA environmental compliance records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
4
0.4 / yr · last 11 yrs
Violations
2
0.2 / yr
Penalties
$16,423
$8,212 avg / violation
Inspection trigger · referral
2 of 4
Inspection trigger · planned
1 of 4

50% of inspections at this establishment produced violations,

Most-cited OSHA standards

Top OSHA standards cited at this employer, ranked by citation count. Standards (CFR sections) cluster citations into safety themes -- machine guarding, lockout-tagout, hazard communication, fall protection, process safety, etc. A concentration on one or two sections reveals a pattern that individual citations don’t. 2 distinct standards shown · 2 citations in this view · $16,423 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I11$9,423Feb 2018Feb 2018
29 CFR 1910.0022 B0111$7,000Jan 2015Jan 2015

Source: OSHA inspection citations (violation_detail). CFR section codes can be looked up at osha.gov/laws-regs for the formal standard text. Per-inspection detail and the specific violation descriptions are available by expanding individual inspections below.

Peer comparison

48th

Below average violations in NAICS 3311 within AL. Peer group: 32 employers. This establishment has 2 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
84th
peer median: $2,840
Inspection frequency
77th
peer median: 1

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

Recordable injury rates the employer filed with OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application. DART covers cases with days away, restricted, or transferred; TRIR is the total recordable case rate.

DART rate
0.2
vs industry
−1.1
TRIR
0.8
vs industry
−1.2

Reported for 490 average annual employees at this establishment.

Source: OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported). Rates are per 100 full-time equivalent workers. Establishments below the ~10-FTE threshold are not required to report.

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
1.9
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.3
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
0.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported)

BLS rates reflect industry-wide averages. Self-reported figures come from OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application; absence of self-reported data does not necessarily indicate non-compliance — many establishments fall below the ITA reporting threshold.

Inspection breakdown

Planned
1
Referral
2

Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.

OSHA severe injury reports

Self-reported events under 29 CFR 1904.39 (24-hour notification of hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) · Feb 2016 – Nov 2017

Reports
2
Hospitalizations
2
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports (federal OSHA only; state-plan states like California, Oregon, and Washington maintain their own programs and do not consistently report into this feed).

Severe injury reports — events

Each row is a hospitalization, amputation, or eye-loss event the employer self-reported to OSHA under 29 CFR 1904.39. Narratives are written by the reporting employer.

DateEventBody partOutcome
Nov 15, 2017Contact with hot objects or substancesMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Hospitalized
Feb 2, 2016Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipmentHand(s), unspecifiedHospitalized

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.

OSHA accident events

Accidents, fatalities, and catastrophes documented during OSHA inspections at this employer. Each entry links to the inspection that recorded it.

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Nov 15, 2017Burn,Face,Falling Object,Finger,Furnace,Struck By11
Oct 23, 2014Caught In,Crane,Run Over,Struck ByFatality11

Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
1 months ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 1 months ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for NUCOR STEEL TUSCALOOSA, INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for NUCOR STEEL TUSCALOOSA, INC.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for NUCOR STEEL TUSCALOOSA, INC.. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board

Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical

No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file (historical data only — DOL ended OFLC publication) for NUCOR STEEL TUSCALOOSA, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
12
Quarters non-compliant
1

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: Unknown.

EPA-registered facilities

Every EPA ECHO facility associated with this employer, sorted most-significant first. Each row links to EPA’s Detailed Facility Report for the source-of-truth record. Permits column lists active programs (Air = Clean Air Act, Water = Clean Water Act, RCRA = hazardous waste, TRI = Toxics Release Inventory reporting). 1 facility.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
NUCOR STEEL, TUSCALOOSA
1700 HOLT ROAD · TUSCALOOSA, AL, 35404
AirWaterRCRATRIUnknown
QNCR 1
120Nov 2025View →

Source: EPA ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History Online). Compliance status follows EPA’s own labels (“Sig Violation” = significant noncompliance; QNCR = quarters of noncompliance over the recent reporting window). Inactive facilities (struck through) retain historical enforcement records even after operations ceased.

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for NUCOR STEEL TUSCALOOSA, INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — NUCOR CORP (across 6 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$60K
Obligated (all-time)
$1.5M
Awards (all-time)
9

Consolidated across all USAspending recipient entities under this corporate parent — not attributable to this single location.

Federal contract activity for the parent corporation. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2026-05-20Planned0$0
2017-11-22Referral1$9,423
2016-02-10Referral0$0
2014-10-24Fatality/Catastrophe1$7,000

Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.

In the news

Part of a larger organization

NUCOR STEEL TUSCALOOSA, INC. is one of 253 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Nucor Corporation.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Nucor Corporation across all 253 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in iron and steel mills and ferroalloy manufacturing within AL, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by Nucor Corporation, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on NUCOR STEEL TUSCALOOSA, INC. from every major federal compliance and enforcement source plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. OSHA workplace safety inspections, WHD wage cases, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental enforcement, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa/labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov debarments, CMS nursing-home records, BLS industry safety benchmarks, OSHA ITA self-reported injury rates, SEC enforcement and financial disclosures, CPSC and NHTSA recalls.

Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. This establishment resolves to the parent rollup Nucor Corporation, which operates 253 establishments in our dataset.

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Frequently asked

What is NUCOR STEEL TUSCALOOSA, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
NUCOR STEEL TUSCALOOSA, INC. has 4 OSHA inspections on record with 2 violations and $16,423 in total penalties.
How does NUCOR STEEL TUSCALOOSA, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
NUCOR STEEL TUSCALOOSA, INC. operates in the iron and steel mills and ferroalloy manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.9. NUCOR STEEL TUSCALOOSA, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 0.19 compared to an industry average of 1.3.
Has NUCOR STEEL TUSCALOOSA, INC. had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 1 fatality investigation involving NUCOR STEEL TUSCALOOSA, INC..