Rochester, MN —
OSHA Injury Report: Minnesota Department of Transportation District 6.
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Minnesota Department of Transportation District 6. in Rochester, MN 559015848 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was transportation Specialist in transportation departments, nonoperating.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Minnesota Department of Transportation District 6.
- Parent company
- Minnesota Department of Transportation - District 6
- Street
- 2900 48th St. NW
- City
- Rochester
- State
- MN
- ZIP
- 559015848
- On-site location
- Rochester soils area, bituminous lab.
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 130
Before the incident
Employee had been splitting bituminous samples after removing them from the oven once they were heated.
What happened
When lifting the 6th sample for the day from the oven felt pain in upper back and mid back on the right side.
Injury or illness
Thoracic strain.
Object or substance involved
Pan with bituminous sample.
Summary line
Thoracic spine strain when lifting pan of bituminous out of oven.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Transportation Specialist
- SOC code
- 00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
- NAICS code
- 926120 — Transportation departments, nonoperating
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 461
- Total hours worked
- 815868
- EIN
- 416007162
- Establishment ID
- 937223
- Employer case #
- 25
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 13:15
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 10FEB26:21:28:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.