Severe Workplace Injuries in Rochester, New York

Oct 25, 2025 · Cranesville Block Co. Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was walking through the garage and stepped on a mechanic's creeper. His feet went out from under him and he fell, sustaining a fractured right femur.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Thigh(s) · Manufacturing

Sep 29, 2025 · EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY Hospitalized

During a machine restring-up operation, the employee at the unwinder opened an access door in an elevated work platform to re-thread the machine and turned around. When he turned back, he stepped into the access opening and fell three feet. The employee's lower right leg was fractured.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Lower leg(s) · Manufacturing

Sep 12, 2025 · EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY Amputation

An employee was moving a cylinder onto a hand truck when it fell, making contact with her lower left leg and crushing her left little finger against the floor. She suffered a partial amputation to the finger and a fracture to the lower leg.

Struck by falling object · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing

Aug 26, 2025 · Milton Rents in Rochester Hospitalized

An employee was taking a scissor lift off a flatbed trailer. While using the remote operator controls and walking alongside the lift, the wheel of the lift turned in the wrong direction, causing it to strike the employee and roll over his left ankle. The employee was hospitalized with two broken bones in his ankle.

Struck by rolling powered vehicle or machinery · Ankle(s) · Real estate and rental

Aug 12, 2025 · ZWEIGLE'S INC Amputation

An employee was taking a meatball mixture out of a carbon dioxide mixer on the side of a spiral oven. The employee opened the ejection doors of the mixer and was working to facilitate the ejection of the mixture by manipulating it by hand as it came out. His right hand was caught in the mixing paddles, which amputated the index, middle, and ring fingers above the second knuckle.

Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1843808

Aug 6, 2025 · AutoZone INC Amputation

An employee put a till in a safe and closed the safe door when her finger was caught in the door, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation.

Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Retail

Aug 5, 2025 · Matthews Auto Group Hospitalized

An employee was exiting the company shuttle van when his shoe became caught on the door of the vehicle, causing him to fall out of the van to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip that required surgery.

Slip, trip, stumble while stepping between levels · Hip joint(s) · Retail

Jul 8, 2025 · Matrix Environmental Technologies Inc. Amputation

An employee was assisting the operator of a soil sampling rig to collect soil samples. He went to remove soil sampling tooling and the energized equipment cycled. His right index fingertip was amputated including the fingernail.

Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Professional and technical services · OSHA inspection 1836580

Jul 2, 2025 · Flower City Tissue Mills Co. Hospitalized

An employee was removing tissue paper that was wrapped around a roll when his left arm was pinched between a roll and fabric (like a belt). The employee sustained a fractured arm and a dislocated elbow.

Struck by running powered equipment · Multiple arm locations · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1835521

Jul 1, 2025 · Palmer Food Services Hospitalized

An employee was operating a powered industrial vehicle (PIV) to stack an empty skid onto pallets when his left foot was pinned between the PIV and a guardrail. The employee sustained a crushed left foot/ankle and was hospitalized.

Collision with stationary object, nonroadway · Foot (feet) and ankle(s) · Wholesale trade

Jun 23, 2025 · WEGMANS FOOD MARKETS, INC. Hospitalized

An employee was leaning on a wall railing. When a stack of baskets was rolled up to the employee and contacted them, the employee lost their balance and fell to the floor on their left side. The employee sustained fractures to her shoulder and femur.

Fall on same level (other) · Upper and lower extremities (other) · Retail

Jun 18, 2025 · Flower City Group, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee tripped over an object and fell to the ground, resulting in right elbow and right hip fractures.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Upper and lower extremities (other) · Manufacturing

Jun 9, 2025 · Contour Steel, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was pulling on a chain fall to move a steel member to its intended final location. The chain broke and the employee fell down, hitting his elbow on a C-clamp. The employee was hospitalized with a laceration and fracture to the elbow.

Fall on same level (other) · Elbow(s) · Construction

Jun 3, 2025 · AP Plumbing Hospitalized

An employee was snaking out a drain when a piece of glass came up from the drain and flew into the employee's mouth. The employee was hospitalized due to the ingestion of a piece of glass.

Contact (other) · Part of body · Construction

Apr 1, 2025 · Pavilion Drainage Supply Company, Inc. Hospitalized

The injured employee was setting up tie-down straps to secure a load on a trailer for transport. Another employee was operating a forklift and set a pallet of material down at a staging area near the trailer. As the forklift reversed, its left rear tire struck and ran over the injured employee's legs, resulting in broken bones in the right leg and bruising on the left leg.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Leg(s) · Construction

Apr 1, 2025 · Magna Products Corp. Hospitalized

An employee was painting the inside of a new parts-cleaning machine for electric motors and motor parts when the airborne paint exploded and burned the employee. The employee sustained burns to their neck, lower forearms, and hands.

Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids · Neck and upper extremities · Wholesale trade

Feb 20, 2025 · ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Hospitalized

A student employee was working in a fume hood with trifluoroacetic acid solution. The bottle dropped/fell while they were working with it and the acid splashed up, hitting the student employee in the chin/face and causing chemical burns.

Exposure through intact tissue · Ears and facial region · Educational services

Feb 12, 2025 · L3 Harris Technologies, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee left a vehicle and walked to the front of it, between it and another vehicle. He tripped and fell, landing on his left hip and breaking it.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Hip joint(s) · Manufacturing

Feb 4, 2025 · PICS Telecom International Amputation

At the loading dock of the warehouse, an employee was using a hand cart to unload telecom cabinets from a truck. One of the wheels of the cart caught the dock plate and a telecom cabinet fell onto the employee's foot, resulting in the medical amputation of his little toe.

Struck by other falling object (other) · Toes(s), toenail(s) · Information

Jan 27, 2025 · Center for Employment Opportunities Hospitalized

An employee was performing snow removal and salting walkways. He exited the work van to place a bucket of salt in the rear of the van. There was ice on the ground underneath the snow. He went to step forward and slipped and fell on the ice, striking his leg on a wooden pole behind him. The employee was hospitalized with a broken femur.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Thigh(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services

Jan 25, 2025 · QuidelOrtho Corporation Amputation

A maintenance employee was installing back bolts onto the motor housing on a machine and contacted the motor belt, resulting in amputation of the right ring fingertip.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1813477

Jan 15, 2025 · Pennant Ingredients Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was cutting electrical wires when an arc flash occurred, resulting in third-degree burns to their hand.

Exposure to electric arc · Hand(s), finger(s) · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1798158

Nov 13, 2024 · ELMER W. DAVIS INC. Hospitalized

Two employees went up to a roof to inspect a whistling noise at a work site. Exhaust from a generator near flammable roofing material caused a flash fire. The flash fire resulted in several explosions of materials. The injured employee suffered first- and second-degree burns to their face and neck.

Explosion (other) · Head and neck · Construction

Oct 31, 2024 · Baker Perkins Inc Amputation

An employee was running diagnostics on a machine when he slipped on dust in the surrounding area. As he caught himself, his finger was caught between the machine's moving chain and sprocket. His right index fingertip was amputated.

Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contact · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing

Oct 24, 2024 · CentiMark Corporation Hospitalized

An employee was in transit to take a picture of a scaffold tag when he was struck by a wood plank that came from an upper level. The employee was hospitalized with a laceration and fractures to their cheek, top palette, and orbital bone.

Struck by falling object · Other multiple ear(s), facial locations · Construction

Sep 20, 2024 · Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was troubleshooting a conveyor belt when his hand was caught between a roller and a belt. His wrist and three of his fingers were broken, resulting in hospitalization.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Hand(s) and wrist(s) · Retail · OSHA inspection 1778112

Sep 18, 2024 · Accurate Acoustical Hospitalized

An employee was hanging drywall using a scissor lift with the drywall board being hoisted up to the lift rail guards while on the ledger. The drywall board began tilting and pivoted toward the employee, striking him in the forehead and the bridge of his nose, knocking him to the floor. The employee suffered a scrape/cut on the forehead and pain in his shoulders and lower back. The employee was hospitalized.

Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact · Forehead, temple(s) · Construction

Jun 4, 2024 · Wegmans Hospitalized

An employee was retrieving frozen cheesecake slices from the bakery freezer racking and moved a box out of the way. The moved box caused a stack of boxes to fall onto her causing her fall to the floor of the freezer. The employee sustained a fractured left hip.

Fall on same level (other) · Hip joint(s) · Retail

Jun 3, 2024 · The Community Place of Greater Rochester, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was checking the air conditioning while standing on a chair when they fell to the floor and sustained a fracture to their hip joint.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Hip joint(s) · Health care and social assistance

May 29, 2024 · T&L Automatics, Inc. Amputation

An employee was operating the choke tube stamper when the metal plate rolled over his finger resulting in an amputation.

Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1751306