Rochester Minnesota – Machine Injury & Accidents

According to the Department of Labor, machinery injuries account for about 12% of all injury-related deaths in the United States. In Minnesota, the rate is even higher – about 15%. That’s largely because Minnesota has a high number of manufacturers and other industrial businesses. Those industries are particularly likely to have hazardous machinery, which can lead to accidents. You should also take steps to prevent accidents from happening. This includes using safety equipment, following manufacturer instructions, and training employees on how to use the equipment.

Manufacturing Companies

The Rochester Minnesota area is home to a number of manufacturing companies, including

Crenlo Cab Products, LLC
Gauthier Industries, Inc.
Rochester Meat Company
Pace Dairy Foods Company
Pharmaceutical Specialties, Inc.
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Rochester, Minnesota
Rochester Ready-Mix Concrete Company

The Koskovich Company Inc
Bowman Tool & Machining Inc.
Emcor Enclosures, LLC
Domaille Engineering, LLC
Tonna Mechanical Inc.
Ready Mix Concrete LLC
Briese Iron Works, Inc.

Machinery Accidents

In the past, machinery accidents have occurred in Rochester Minnesota. Many of these accidents have caused injuries and even fatalities. If you are a business owner in this area, it is important to be aware of the hazards that machinery can pose.

If you or a loved one has been injured in a machinery accident, don’t wait to speak with a Rochester Minnesota machinery accident lawyer. Our team of experienced attorneys can help you understand your legal rights and options, and take action to get you the compensation you deserve.

Here are a few examples of machinery accidents that have occurred in Rochester Minnesota:

AccidentDate	Employer	City	State	Description	Injury	Body Part	Event	Injury Source	Other Injury Source
17/11/2021	University of Rochester Medical Center Strong Memorial Hospital	Rochester	Ny	An employee was walking down parking garage stairs when they fell and broke both ankles.	Fractures	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level	Stairs, steps	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
11/11/2021	Rise Engineering Corp.	Rochester	Ma	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.	Fractures	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet	Step ladders	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
09/10/2021	Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.	Rochester	Ny	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.	Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area	Pallet jack-powered
01/10/2021	DIPAOLO BAKING CO., INC.	Rochester	Ny	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.	Amputations	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized
01/09/2021	Flower City Habitat for Humanity	Rochester	Ny	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.	Fractures	Elbow(s)	Other fall to lower level	Movable ladders	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
04/08/2021	University of Rochester Medical Center	Rochester	Ny	An employee slipped on a wet floor, fell, and broke her left kneecap.	Fractures	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping	Floor	Liquids
23/07/2021	DMR Industries Inc.	Rochester	Nh	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.	Amputations	Lower extremities	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.	Containers-variable restraint
29/06/2021	Squan	Rochester	Ny	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.	Cuts, lacerations	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level	Utility and telephone poles	Trees
23/06/2021	Wegmans Food Markets Inc	Rochester	Ny	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.	Fractures	Hip(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.	Floor
05/06/2021	UPSTATE ROOFING INC	Rochester	Ny	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.	Fractures	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet	Porches, balconies, decks, patios	Hoses
02/06/2021	Bausch and Lomb	Rochester	Ny	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.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate	Doors, except garage and vehicle
10/05/2021	University of Rochester Medical Center, Strong Memorial Hospital	Rochester	Ny	An employee was hospitalized with a fractured knee after they slipped and fell in the parking lot.	Fractures	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping	Parking lot
29/04/2021	K.W. Thompson Tool Co. Inc	Rochester	Nh	An employee was removing a part inside a wax injection mold machine. The machine cycled and crushed the employee's hand.	Crushing injuries	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery
29/04/2021	FC Finishes, LLC	Rochester	Ny	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.	Fractures	Wrist(s) and elbow(s)	Other fall to lower level	Scaffolds-staging	Floor, n.e.c.
25/03/2021	S.L. CHASSE WELDING & FABRICATING, INC.	Rochester	Nh	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.	Cuts, lacerations	Leg(s)	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet	Beams-unattached metal	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
19/03/2021	Zippy Shell Incorporated	Rochester	Ny	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.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment	Container caps, lids, covers
12/03/2021	PFAUDLER, INC.	Rochester	Ny	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	Fractures	Head	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.	Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties	Scaffolds-staging
08/03/2021	SRS Distribution - B&L Wholesale Supply Rochester	Rochester	Ny	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.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Knee(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.	Floor	Girders, beams, structural steel
09/02/2021	Wegmans	Rochester	Ny	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.	Fractures	Elbow(s) and arms(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
27/01/2021	University of Rochester Medical Center, Strong Memorial Hospital	Rochester	Ny	An employee fell while walking down a hallway, resulting in hospitalization for a knee fracture.	Fractures	Knee(s)	Fall on same level	Floor
12/01/2021	University of Rochester	Rochester	Ny	An employee was walking outside when they slipped on ice and fell to the ground, resulting in an injury.	Traumatic injuries and disorders	Nonclassifiable	Fall on same level due to slipping	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces	Ice, sleet, snow
15/10/2020	University at Rochester	Rochester	Ny	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.	Intracranial injuries	Brain	Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs	Curbs
02/10/2020	Connors-Haas Inc.	Rochester	Ny	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.	Fractures	Lower leg(s)	Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment	Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
01/10/2020	Buckingham Properties	Rochester	Ny	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.	Fractures	Pelvis	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet	Step ladders	Floor, n.e.c.
17/09/2020	Elmer W Davis	Rochester	Ny	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.	Fractures	Coccygeal region	Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet	Roofs	Floor, n.e.c.
16/09/2020	Buckingham Properties	Rochester	Ny	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.	Fractures	Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by falling object or equipment	Concrete blocks, cinder blocks
09/09/2020	ELMER W. DAVIS INC.	Rochester	Ny	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.	Other or unspecified allergic reactions	BODY SYSTEMS	Stings and venomous bites	Bees, hornets, wasps
17/07/2020	University of Rochester, River Campus	Rochester	New York	An employee was bitten/stung by a small animal (insect or similarly sized) while cleaning a student dorm.	Traumatic injuries and disorders	Nonclassifiable	Bites and stings	Animals
15/07/2020	Tops Market	Rochester	New York	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.	Fractures	Wrist(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part	Bundles, bales	Banding, baling, strapping machinery
30/06/2020	J & B Installations, Inc.	Rochester	New York	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.	Fractures	Multiple body parts	Fall through surface or existing opening 26 to 30 feet	Existing roof openings, other than skylights
21/05/2020	Crane-Hogan Structural Systems, Inc.	Rochester	New York	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.	Fractures	Multiple body parts	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment	Porches, balconies, decks, patios	Jackhammers-powered
12/05/2020	AMERICAN AEROGEL CORPORATION	Rochester	New York	An employee suffered a hand amputation while operating a saw.	Amputations	Hand(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment	Sawing machinery-stationary
27/03/2020	University of Rochester	Rochester	New York	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).	Fractures	Elbow(s)	Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs	Curbs
28/02/2020	Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.	Rochester	New York	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.	Fractures	Foot(feet) and leg(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Material and personnel handling machinery
19/02/2020	Arch Chemical	Rochester	New York	An employee was getting out of a forklift truck when he slipped on ice and fell, breaking his leg.	Fractures	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces	Ice, sleet, snow
10/02/2020	Skyworks LLC	Rochester	New York	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	Fractures	Pelvis	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet	Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted	Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
07/02/2020	University of Rochester	Rochester	New York	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.	Fractures	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping	Parking lot	Ice, sleet, snow
31/01/2020	Interior Moving Services, Inc.	Rochester	New York	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.	Crushing injuries	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by falling object or equipment	Cabinets, cases-display, storage	Stairs, steps
13/01/2020	Wegmans Food Markets	Rochester	New York	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.	Fractures	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level	Floor
05/01/2020	Wegman's Food Market	Rochester	New York	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.	Fractures	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet	Movable ladders	Floor, n.e.c.
28/08/2019	THE PIKE COMPANY	Rochester	New York	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.	Cuts, lacerations	Thigh(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker	Saws-powered, except chainsaws
27/08/2019	Highland Hospital	Rochester	New York	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.	Electrocutions, electric shocks	BODY SYSTEMS	Direct exposure to electricity	Ranges, cooking ovens, grills, toasters, food warmers	Water
22/07/2019	Arnold Magnetic Technologies, Corp.	Rochester	New York	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.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery	Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery
20/05/2019	Ortho Clinical Diagnostics	Rochester	New York	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.	Intracranial injuries	Brain	Fall while sitting	Floor	Chairs
15/05/2019	United Refining Company	Rochester	New York	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.	Intracranial injuries	Brain	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle	Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c
06/05/2019	LIFETIME ASSISTANCE INC.	Rochester	New York	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.	Concussions	Brain	Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving	Other client or customer
11/04/2019	Ironwood Heavy Highway LLC	Rochester	New York	A tree was cut down and fell on an employee, causing a back injury.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.	Trees
19/03/2019	Alpha Iron Works, LLC	Rochester	New York	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.	Amputations	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part	Beams-unattached metal	Material and personnel handling machinery
14/02/2019	FSI Contractors	Rochester	New York	An employee was working from a Baker scaffold when he fell 6 feet to the floor, breaking his hip.	Fractures	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet	Scaffolds-self-supporting staging	Floor, n.e.c.
14/02/2019	Rochester Ford	Rochester	New Hampshir	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.	Fractures	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces	Ice, sleet, snow
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