OSHA Injury Report: John Deere Waterloo Foundry

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

On [REDACTED] at approximately [REDACTED] I was in my primary role in spot blast I was unaware my PPE neck shroud) was compromised while working

What happened

I felt a couple blast beads hit my neck face I immediately stopped and found a 6inch hole in my shroud and replaced it At [REDACTED] break I noticed my right eye felt a bit dry so I closed my eyes for some time and that seemed to help the dry eye feeling After work I went home and upon waking today I felt my eyes were dry once again but contributed it to allergies [REDACTED] at work around [REDACTED] I felt my right eye was really dry and contributed it to the versaflow. At approximately [REDACTED] I went to the bathroom to look in the mirror and noticed a black speck over my iris I went to medical to get it flushed

Injury or illness

Foreign body in the right eye

Object or substance involved

shot media entering through compromised PPE.

Summary line

Foreign body in the right eye shot media entering through compromised PPE.

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

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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.