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OSHA Injury Report: John Deere Des Moines Works

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at John Deere Des Moines Works in 825 SW Irvinedale Drive, Ankeny, IA 50023 resulted in days away from work. Employee was assembler in cotton picker and stripper harvesting machinery manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
John Deere Des Moines Works
Parent company
John Deere
Street
825 SW Irvinedale Drive
City
Ankeny
State
IA
ZIP
50023
On-site location
40C

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
1
Days restricted or transferred
179

Before the incident

EE states he was lifting and pulling out doffer from a rack. EE states that sometimes the doffers get stuck or caught on the shelving and to get them out you have to use some pushing and pulling force.

What happened

EE stats that when he was pulling a doffer from the bottom shelf of a rack he had some acute pain in his back.

Injury or illness

Back injury

Object or substance involved

lifting the doffer

Summary line

Back injury lifting the doffer

Employee and industry

Job description
Assembler
SOC code
51-2099 — Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
NAICS code
333111 — Cotton picker and stripper harvesting machinery manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1578
Total hours worked
2953707
Establishment ID
1137658
Employer case #
251955507

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
11:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
27JAN26:15:38:00

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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.