Rochester, NY ·
OSHA Injury Report: The Gleason Works
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at The Gleason Works in 1000 University Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was machinist in gear cutting and finishing machines, metalworking, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- The Gleason Works
- Parent company
- The Gleason Works
- Street
- 1000 University Avenue
- City
- Rochester
- State
- NY
- ZIP
- 14607
- On-site location
- Dept. 4126 - Assembly - At Bay 41
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 6
Before the incident
The machinist was tightening the bolts on a bevel gear with a wrench in order to affix it onto a machine.
What happened
The bit on the wrench he was using broke sending his hands to forcefully strike the gear which injured the employee with cuts on both of his thumbs. Then while waiting for first aid personnel the employee fainted and hit his head on the floor causing a laceration.
Injury or illness
The event resulted in lacerations on the employee 's left and right thumbs (from striking the gear when the bit broke) and on the back of the head (from the fall when he fainted).
Object or substance involved
A gear and the floor
Summary line
lacerations on the employee 's left and right thumbs from a gear and a laceration on the back of the head from the floor when the employee fainted.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Machinist
- SOC code
- 51-4041: Machinists
- NAICS code
- 333517: Gear cutting and finishing machines, metalworking, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 539
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 1,038,423
- EIN
- 160450130
- Establishment ID
- 924566
- Employer case #
- 24-1201
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 08:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-01-21
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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