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 Generalist 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
- Highway 52 road shoulder in Preston
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 3
Before the incident
Reached for the chain on the tailgate in order to open it to the width of the attached tailgate conveyor
What happened
Truck box was raised slightly when employee grabbed the chain the tailgate swung open causing the right pinky finger to get pinched between the tailgate and chain causing a laceration.
Injury or illness
Laceration to right pinky finger
Object or substance involved
Truck tailgate and tailgate chain
Summary line
Laceration to right pinky finger when pinched between tailgate and chain that limits tailgate swing
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Transportation Generalist
- 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 #
- 30
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 10:10
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 11FEB26:20:28:00
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.