Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-17	Rochester	Ny	University of Rochester Medical Center Strong Memorial Hospital	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was walking down parking garage stairs when they fell and broke both ankles.
2021-11-11	Rochester	Ma	Rise Engineering Corp.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was putting up insulation while on an 8-foot step ladder when the ladder tipped over and the employee fell 5 feet, resulting in four broken ribs.
2021-10-09	Rochester	Ny	Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was placing cases of products on pallets on a grocery shipping line. While he was between two pallets, adjusting a case on one of them, a pallet jack moved to pick up one of the pallets. The employee was caught between the two pallets and suffered a sprained ankle, two broken ribs, and a punctured lung. He was hospitalized.
2021-10-01	Rochester	Ny	DIPAOLO BAKING CO., INC.	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was placing dough into a hopper that led to a proofing machine. The employee attempted to remove excess dough from the machine when their right arm contacted the sprocket and chain, resulting in a right arm amputation. The machine was in operation at the time of the incident.
2021-09-01	Rochester	Ny	Flower City Habitat for Humanity	Elbow(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was installing a window screen outside a two-story house. The ladder he was on fell, and he fell with it, landing on the ground and suffering bruising to a back vertebra, a broken elbow, and multiple body bruises. He was hospitalized.
2021-08-04	Rochester	Ny	University of Rochester Medical Center	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on a wet floor, fell, and broke her left kneecap.
2021-07-23	Rochester	Nh	DMR Industries Inc.	Lower extremities	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Two employees were trying to get a cardboard sheet from behind 24 pieces of cold-rolled steel sheets that were leaning against a wall. One employee was supporting the sheets from the front as the other was removing the cardboard. The sheet metal started to tip forward, knocking the first employee to the floor and causing an injury to her right ankle that included broken bones, cut tendons and nerves, and a partial amputation.
2021-06-29	Rochester	Ny	Squan	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
On 6/29/2021, an employee was climbing a wooden telephone pole using a safety belt and hooks when his foot slipped on the pole and he fell onto a branch, resulting in a cut to his neck.
2021-06-23	Rochester	Ny	Wegmans Food Markets Inc	Hip(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
On 6/23/2021, an employee stood to walk away from a conveyor belt area when she fell to the floor, landing on her right side and resulting in a fractured right hip.
2021-06-05	Rochester	Ny	UPSTATE ROOFING INC	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was spray-painting a ceiling from an elevated mezzanine area. He got entangled in the spray hose and fell to the floor about 8 feet below. He suffered a compression fracture to a back vertebra, as well as four broken ribs.
2021-06-02	Rochester	Ny	Bausch and Lomb	Fingertip(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
An employee was entering the building and held the door open for a co-worker exiting the building. The edge of the door edge contacted a bollard and pinched his left middle finger. The fingertip was amputated without bone loss.
2021-05-10	Rochester	Ny	University of Rochester Medical Center, Strong Memorial Hospital	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was hospitalized with a fractured knee after they slipped and fell in the parking lot.
2021-04-29	Rochester	Nh	K.W. Thompson Tool Co. Inc	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was removing a part inside a wax injection mold machine. The machine cycled and crushed the employee's hand.
2021-04-29	Rochester	Ny	FC Finishes, LLC	Wrist(s) and elbow(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee working in a home under construction was prepping trim on a ladder that was on top of scaffold. The scaffold tipped over while he was on the ladder and the employee fell to the floor, resulting in a broken right elbow, broken left wrist, cut nose, and contusion above the right eye.
2021-03-25	Rochester	Nh	S.L. CHASSE WELDING & FABRICATING, INC.	Leg(s)	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet
An employee was installing structural steel. The beam the employee was sitting on dislodged and fell off the support it was on causing the employee to fall 10 feet. The employee was hospitalized with a leg laceration.
2021-03-19	Rochester	Ny	Zippy Shell Incorporated	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was positioning a container roof. The roof sliced off the top of the employee's middle finger at about the top knuckle, amputating about an inch of finger.
2021-03-12	Rochester	Ny	PFAUDLER, INC.	Head	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was leaving the facility for the day. As the employee was about to exit the building, he stopped at a table that stores hand sanitizer and face masks. At the same time, the work platform adjacent to the table was struck by a transfer car that was being repositioned. When the transfer car struck the tower, it dislodged a service part (2" steel blind flange) from one of the platform levels, which then fell and struck the employee on the head. The employee sustained a laceration, contus
2021-03-08	Rochester	Ny	SRS Distribution - B&L Wholesale Supply Rochester	Knee(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was walking in a warehouse under a low beam. The employee's head grazed the beam, causing the employee to lose balance and fall to the floor. The employee sustained an injury to their right knee.
2021-02-09	Rochester	Ny	Wegmans	Elbow(s) and arms(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was training a coworker to operate a stand-up forklift. The coworker attempted to turn away from the employee when the vehicle turned toward the employee, striking him and pinning him between the vehicle and a building column. The employee suffered a fractured left ulna and elbow that required surgery.
2021-01-27	Rochester	Ny	University of Rochester Medical Center, Strong Memorial Hospital	Knee(s)	Fall on same level
An employee fell while walking down a hallway, resulting in hospitalization for a knee fracture.
2021-01-12	Rochester	Ny	University of Rochester	Nonclassifiable	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking outside when they slipped on ice and fell to the ground, resulting in an injury.
2020-10-15	Rochester	Ny	University at Rochester	Brain	Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs
An employee tripped on a raised curb near a building entrance. The employee fell across the sidewalk, striking their head on the base of a concrete pillar.
2020-10-02	Rochester	Ny	Connors-Haas Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
Employees were transporting a mobile elevated work platform (MEWP) through a doorway to another location in the facility. A support bar slipped out of position causing the MEWP to free-fall to ground level. An employee's leg was caught between the mast of the MEWP and the loading dock floor. The employee was hospitalized with a compound fracture of the lower right leg.
2020-10-01	Rochester	Ny	Buckingham Properties	Pelvis	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was changing 4' fluorescent light bulbs using a 6' A-frame ladder. As the employee descended the ladder, he slipped from the third rung and fell to the tile floor. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured pelvis.
2020-09-17	Rochester	Ny	Elmer W Davis	Coccygeal region	Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
An employee was walking on a roof and fell 14 feet through the roof to the cement floor below. The employee sustained a fractured tail bone.
2020-09-16	Rochester	Ny	Buckingham Properties	Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was struck in the face by a falling concrete block while lining up the scaffold to repair a door lintel. The employee sustained a fractured nose.
2020-09-09	Rochester	Ny	ELMER W. DAVIS INC.	BODY SYSTEMS	Stings and venomous bites
While climbing a ladder to go to the roof, an employee was stung by a bee. The employee had an allergic reaction and was hospitalized.
2020-07-17	Rochester	New York	University of Rochester, River Campus	Nonclassifiable	Bites and stings
An employee was bitten/stung by a small animal (insect or similarly sized) while cleaning a student dorm.
2020-07-15	Rochester	New York	Tops Market	Wrist(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee had been making a bale with the baler. While ejecting the bale, she noticed the metal wire was stuck on the chain in the machine. The employee cut the wire free. The bale then fell, knocking her over and resulting in two broken wrists. She was hospitalized and had surgery.
2020-06-30	Rochester	New York	J & B Installations, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Fall through surface or existing opening 26 to 30 feet
An employee was sweeping around a 3-foot by 4-foot roof opening. The employee fell through the opening to the floor about 30 feet below. The employee suffered multiple fractures to the upper body and head and was hospitalized.
2020-05-21	Rochester	New York	Crane-Hogan Structural Systems, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment
An employee was jackhammering a concrete deck on the top level of a parking garage when the deck collapsed and he fell to the level below. He impacted concrete rubble on the floor and a piece of concrete slab that sheared from the deck, suffering a fractured femur, broken tibia, and cracked ribs.
2020-05-12	Rochester	New York	AMERICAN AEROGEL CORPORATION	Hand(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee suffered a hand amputation while operating a saw.
2020-03-27	Rochester	New York	University of Rochester	Elbow(s)	Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs
An employee was exiting the stairwell on the second level of the parking garage when she tripped and fell over the curb. She suffered a closed fracture of the left olecranon process (bony tip of the elbow, left arm).
2020-02-28	Rochester	New York	Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.	Foot(feet) and leg(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee retrieving a case of product which had fallen in an automatic storage and retrieval system (ASRS) was caught between the rack and the shuttle. The employee was hospitalized with broken bones in both legs and feet.
2020-02-19	Rochester	New York	Arch Chemical	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was getting out of a forklift truck when he slipped on ice and fell, breaking his leg.
2020-02-10	Rochester	New York	Skyworks LLC	Pelvis	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
A delivery truck with a flatbed semi-trailer was parked in the yard. The back end of the trailer has a hydraulic dovetail to facilitate drive-on/drive off loading and unloading. It was in the down position. The injured employee drove a scissor lift and parked it over the tail end lip of the lowered dovetail. With the unit placed against the dovetail, the injured employee initiated testing of the pothole protection system and began lifting the basket. The delivery truck driver, unaware of the sci
2020-02-07	Rochester	New York	University of Rochester	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking down the inclined portion of a covered parking garage surface. The employee slipped and fell on ice, suffering a broken left ankle.
2020-01-31	Rochester	New York	Interior Moving Services, Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by falling object or equipment
On 1/31/2020, an employee was helping two other employees move a safe down stairs. The safe slid down the stairs and struck the employee, crushing the employee's abdomen.
2020-01-13	Rochester	New York	Wegmans Food Markets	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level
An employee fell while turning, striking the back of his head (behind the right ear) on the stone wall as he fell to the floor. He suffered fractures to the right ankle and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
2020-01-05	Rochester	New York	Wegman's Food Market	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
While stocking products in an aisle, an employee was descending a rolling ladder carrying a box when she missed the second step from the bottom and fell forward, catching her right foot on the bottom step and then impacting the floor. She was hospitalized and required surgery for a right lower leg/ankle fracture.
2019-08-28	Rochester	New York	THE PIKE COMPANY	Thigh(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting concrete with a masonry saw and using a garden hose to spray water directly on the blade to control dust. The saw became stuck and jumped out of its cut channel, striking the employee in the right upper thigh. The employee suffered a thigh laceration requiring surgery, as well as damaged thigh muscle and tissue.
2019-08-27	Rochester	New York	Highland Hospital	BODY SYSTEMS	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee had just removed a food item from a steamer and was walking toward the plate warmer to put the food on top of it. The employee slipped on a small amount of water on the floor, grabbed onto the side of the plate warmer, and suffered an electrical shock.
2019-07-22	Rochester	New York	Arnold Magnetic Technologies, Corp.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was setting up a tool to cut. While pushing the tool into a machine, a clamp closed on the employee's finger and he sustained a fingertip amputation.
2019-05-20	Rochester	New York	Ortho Clinical Diagnostics	Brain	Fall while sitting
An employee tried to sit on a tall, wheeled lab chair. She slipped off the seat, pushing the chair back and fell backwards against a lab refrigerator and hit her head. The employee was hospitalized for a head injury.
2019-05-15	Rochester	New York	United Refining Company	Brain	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
Employees were performing maintenance on a fertilizer truck loading arm when the spring tensioner released, allowing the arm to drop and strike an employee who was offering guidance and observing the work. The employee was struck on the head and knocked down.
2019-05-06	Rochester	New York	LIFETIME ASSISTANCE INC.	Brain	Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
An employee was escorting a person who was having behavioral issues to a quiet place. The person assaulted the employee, head-butting him on the side of the head. The employee suffered a concussion.
2019-04-11	Rochester	New York	Ironwood Heavy Highway LLC	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
A tree was cut down and fell on an employee, causing a back injury.
2019-03-19	Rochester	New York	Alpha Iron Works, LLC	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
A temporary employee was welding an end plate on a beam. The clamp was on the beam and he was moving the beam to a vertical position when the beam fell on his right foot, causing the amputation of two toes. Steel toe safety shoes were worn at the time.
2019-02-14	Rochester	New York	FSI Contractors	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was working from a Baker scaffold when he fell 6 feet to the floor, breaking his hip.
2019-02-14	Rochester	New Hampshir	Rochester Ford	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
On February 14, 2019, an employee slipped on ice while walking into work. He fell to the ground, shattering his ankle, and was hospitalized for surgery.
2019-02-07	Rochester	New York	Genesee Rail Services Inc.	Knee(s) and leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on ice and fell to the concrete sidewalk, breaking his left kneecap and fibula.
2019-01-29	Rochester	New York	University of Rochester	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode
An employee was rolling a patient onto their side to provide care. The employee pulled the draw sheet to help assist the patient with rolling and heard a pop in their back.
2019-01-18	Rochester	New York	University of Rochester	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
While walking to class, an employee slipped on ice on the pavement, falling and suffering a broken right ankle.
2019-01-14	Rochester	New York	LIFETIME CARE	Upper and lower limb(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell on an icy cement sidewalk outside of a patient's home, suffering a fractured wrist and femur.
2019-01-11	Rochester	New Hampshir	Lydall Performance Materials, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
While operating a forklift, an employee reached for an object and lost control of the vehicle, which collided with another parked forklift. The employee was pinned between the two forklifts, suffering a crushing injury to the upper chest area.
2019-01-02	Rochester	New York	AID TO HOSPITALS, INC.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee had finished repairs and adjustments on the small piece folder machine. The employee was confirming proper operation of the machine when their right sleeve was caught by a moving part and drawn into the machine causing a severe laceration on the palm of their right hand. The machine was unguarded at the time.
2018-09-11	Rochester Mills	Pennsylvania	Penn Line Corporation Inc.	Lumbar region	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment
An employee was operating a boom in a bucket truck. One outrigger of the truck was placed on the pavement and the other outrigger of the truck was on soft ground. The outrigger that was on soft ground sunk into the ground and caused the truck to roll and the weight to shift on the truck. The employee and bucket then fell to the ground. The employee suffered L1 and L2 vertebrae fractures and a right cheek laceration. Fall protection was worn at the time of the incident.
2018-09-08	Rochester	New York	Walmart Store #03280	Nonclassifiable	Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing
The injured employee intervened in an argument between a coworker and a former employee. The former employee stabbed the injured employee three times with a knife.
2018-08-06	Rochester	New York	Firth Rixson, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
On August 6, 2018, at approximately 12:16 PM, a hydraulic line located at the 3,000-ton press shear station unexpectedly released pressurized hydraulic fluid. The hydraulic fluid traversed to a separate operation next to the press and landed on a hot part (small ring expander), resulting in a flash fire. As a result, two employee suffered second and third degree burns to their hands and face, requiring hospitalization.
2018-07-23	Rochester	New York	Northline Utilities, LLC	Multiple head locations	Struck by object or equipment
An electrical crew was about to jump out a potted porcelain cutout that had cracked. An employee was under the cutout, preparing the jumper, when the bottom of the cutout broke free. It hit the employee in the jaw, causing jaw and ear injuries.
2018-07-19	Rochester	New York	LIDESTRI FOODS	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was clearing a jam on the decaser machine and amputated the right pinky fingertip below the nail.
2018-07-17	Rochester	New York	Hughesco of Rochester	Leg(s)	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
An employee was using acetone to clean dripping foam insulation from a basement wall when the pilot light flame of a hot water tank ignited the acetone fumes, causing first, second, and third degree burns to the employee's legs.
2018-07-10	Rochester	New York	Upstate Roofing & Painting	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Ran off driving surface, nonroadway
An employee was operating an ATV to move base plates on a roof when the throttle became stuck and he lost control, falling off the roof to the ground and breaking ribs.
2018-06-26	Rochester	New York	Keystone Automotive Operations, Inc.	Brain	Fall on same level
An employee was in a loading dock, staging and sorting auto parts. He slipped or tripped on tailgate liners that had fallen to the concrete floor, striking his head against the floor.
2018-06-25	Rochester	Pennsylvania	Hazlett, Inc.	Lumbar region	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was cleaning liner to the bucket truck and fell to the ground 9 feet below. He suffered a broken vertebra in his lower back, as well as two cut fingers. He had not been tied off at the time of the incident.
2018-06-21	Rochester	New York	Cummings Construction, LLC	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was walking through the door frame and caught his leg on a stringer on the bottom of the frame and fell to the floor of the adjacent room which was about 6 to 8 inches lower. The employee sustained a broken right hip.
2018-06-07	Rochester	Pennsylvania	All Metals Processing	Arm(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was crouched on the ground cutting a piece of stainless steel. A large piece of steel fell from the grapple of a scrap handler, struck the ground and skidded 24 feet striking the employee and causing a fractured right arm.
2018-05-30	Rochester	New York	Flower City Tissue Mills Co.	Foot(feet) and leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was standing beside a machine on the floor when a reversing forklift struck the employee and ran over his leg. The employee's lower leg and foot were fractured requiring hospitalization.
2018-05-02	Rochester	New York	EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY	Head and neck	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
An employee was pouring material into a vessel containing xylene and butanol when a flash fire occurred, burning the employee's face, ear, and neck.
2018-04-30	Rochester	New Hampshir	Consolidated Communications, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
An employee was setting a utility pole when it contacted the field phase of an existing three-phase primary conductor. The employee received an electrical shock and burn.
2018-04-18	Rochester	New York	Rochester Gas & Electric	Knee(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was removing debris from the job site and was on a digger derrick dumpster truck when he fell off the truck edge to the ground, fracturing his patella and lacerating his forehead.
2018-03-12	Rochester	New York	Rochester General Hospital	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee fell on black ice while walking into the building, breaking a femur.
2018-02-23	Rochester	New York	Kodak Park	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was setting up a machine and suffered a fingertip amputation when his finger was pinched between two moving parts of the machine.
2018-02-16	Rochester	Pennsylvania	Auto Zone	Elbow(s) and arms(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee tripped on a hose at a gas station and sustained a dislocated elbow and a broken arm.
2018-01-16	Rochester	New York	Delta Sonic	Multiple body parts	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
An employee was grinding metal adjacent to a plasma torch cutter. Sparks from the grinder ignited acetylene gas from the plasma cutter. The employee suffered second or third degree burns to his neck and chest.
2017-10-14	Rochester	New York	National Vacuum Environmental Services Corp	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was pressure-washing slag through a 3-inch port at the bottom section of a boiler. While blasting the slag, the employee lost his balance and released his grip on the pressure-washing lance. He slipped and fell backwards into a wingnut protruding from a hatch on the boiler and lacerated his right thigh.
2017-08-21	Rochester	New York	Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee was operating a 40-quart dough mixer. When the mixing was complete, the employee picked up the steel mixing bowl with the dough in it, which weighed approximately 40 pounds. The employee then suffered an incarcerated hernia, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2017-08-09	Rochester	New York	Thermo Fisher Scientific	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was adjusting a loose wing nut on a conveyor system rail when the employee's left hand entered a gap between the conveyor and a transfer plate. As the employee pulled the hand out, the left index fingertip was amputated.
2017-07-19	Rochester	New York	Bausch & Lomb	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee tripped over a cord and fell, injuring her right knee (contusion).
2017-06-14	Rochester	New York	North American Breweries	Multiple face locations	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was troubleshooting the air conditioning unit for an electrical panel and removed the filter screen to verify operation of the compressor inside the unit. He contacted a fan blade that was located above the compressor resulting in minor cuts to two fingers. Stiches were not required. While receiving first aid treatment, the employee fainted and hit their face on the concrete floor sustaining cuts to the face, broken teeth, and a fractured jaw.
2017-06-12	Rochester	New York	rue21, inc.	Head	Other fall to lower level
An employee was stepping down from a ladder when she fell and struck her head on the floor, lacerating it.
2017-05-30	Rochester	New York	Rochester Gas & Electric Corp.	Nonclassifiable	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
While replacing insulators inside a capacitor cabinet, an employee contacted live electrical conductors (11,000 volts). The employee suffered second and third degree burns and a fractured skull.
2017-04-25	Rochester	New York	Wegmans Food markets, Inc	Multiple trunk locations	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was loading a pallet into a trailer from the inside of the trailer when a pallet contacted the stack and caused pallets to fall. The employee shifted to avoid a falling pallet and fell onto the floor of the trailer. The employee was hospitalized for back and hip injuries.
2017-04-24	Rochester	New York	John W. Danforth Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was using a portable cutting and beveling tool to cut a bevel on the end of a 24" schedule 120 pipe. The employee's gloved hand was caught and pulled between the beveling die and the pipe causing a partial amputation of the left index finger.
2017-04-07	Rochester	New York	The Dolomite Group	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on top of the redi-mix concrete truck washing down the hopper/drum. As he was descending the truck ladder, he fell to the ground and was hospitalized with fractured ribs.
2017-04-05	Rochester	New York	McCarthy Tire Service Co., Inc	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was in the bed of a company pickup truck. He was moving a tire on a pallet from the front of the pickup to the rear to make room for more tires in the front when he fell off the rear and struck his head on the ground, suffering a concussion and brain trauma.
2017-03-30	Rochester	New York	CASCADES NEW YORK INC.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a baler machine. The employee installed a new spool of baling wire on the back of the machine and then threaded the new wire through the eyelets and was twisting the new wire onto the old wire when the machine cycled severing his left hand. The machine was not guarded at the time.
2017-03-14	Rochester	New York	FedEx Ship Center	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was delivering packages, slipped on ice and tore their quadriceps which required surgery and hospitalization.
2017-02-10	Rochester	New York	The Hurlbut, LLC	Hand(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was reaching under a machine bed to fix a motor when a pin on the actuator broke and the bed fell on the employee's hand, fracturing it.
2017-02-02	Rochester	New York	USPS	Pelvis	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee tripped on a pallet strap and fell, breaking her hip and requiring hospitalization.
2017-01-24	Rochester	New Hampshir	FIC Restaurants, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
An employee suffered a partial finger amputation when the wind blew an exterior door closed onto the employee's hand.
2017-01-05	Rochester	New Hampshir	SPAULDING COMPOSITES INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee suffered a finger amputation while operating a saw. The saw was guarded at the time of the incident.
2017-01-01	Rochester	New York	Rite Aid Corporation	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell down the stairs while carrying a box from the stock room.
2016-10-11	Rochester	New York	FINGER LAKES ROOFING COMPANY, INC.	Upper and lower limb(s)	Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
An employee climbed a ladder after retrieving ice/water shield and was hooking up to fall protection when ice/water shield fell. The employee and the ice/water shield went over the edge (4/5 pitch). The employee fell about 30 feet and suffered a broken arm and leg.
2016-10-01	Rochester	New York	CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was working from a ladder, installing a communications drop. The ladder slipped laterally, and the employee fell and impacted the ground, suffering a fractured right wrist that required hospitalization.
2016-08-08	Rochester	New York	Roberts Wesleyan College	Nonclassifiable	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was working on a faulty water cannon and was standing in front of it. The cannon motor did not stop running and hot water (being hot from the sun) escaped, burning the employee. The employee was hospitalized.
2016-07-13	Rochester	New York	UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	Knee(s)	Fall, slip, trip
An employee slipped on a puddle of water in the main lobby and suffered a knee injury.
2016-06-09	Rochester	New York	JAMESTOWN CONTAINER CORPORATION	Hand(s) and finger(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was repositioning a piece of cardboard over the vacuum holes of a printing press when the piece was drawn into the machine. His left hand was also pulled in, de-gloving the top of the hand and amputating the index finger.
2016-05-06	Rochester	New York	EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was performing maintenance on an HVAC unit. While manually turning the pulley to install a belt on the unit, the employee pinched the left index finger.
2016-04-01	Rochester	New York	Frontier Communications	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was working with a crew to remove a tree branch from a cable wire on a pole that fell down during a storm. A crew member was cutting a branch to free it from the communications line when it hit an adjacent branch, which then fell onto the employee's back and pinned him to the ground. He fractured his rib and punctured his lung.