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OSHA Injury Report: John Deere Waterloo Works Drive Train Operations

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at John Deere Waterloo Works Drive Train Operations in 300 West Commercial Street, Waterloo, IA 50701 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was z Resource Pool or HS Apprentice in farm tractors and attachments manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
John Deere Waterloo Works Drive Train Operations
Parent company
Deere and Company
Street
300 West Commercial Street
City
Waterloo
State
IA
ZIP
50701
On-site location
Dept 421

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

EE working in dept 421 as a machinist since [REDACTED] Reported lifting 20 lb parts repeatedly throughout the day (picking them up and placing onto machine) Stated he used to do about 180 parts in a shift

What happened

EE reported [REDACTED] shut down ([REDACTED]) he noticed R elbow pain as he was performing his job Knowing he had upcoming 2 weeks off to rest the body part he did not report it Upon returning to work on [REDACTED] he started doing a different job as an assembler in dept 542 and has to utilize a drill Stated when he uses it he is having trouble gripping the tool and is experiencing pain to R elbow intermittently

Injury or illness

Right elbow pain

Object or substance involved

repetitive motion lifting 20lb parts

Summary line

Right elbow pain repetitive motion lifting 20lb parts

Employee and industry

Job description
Z Resource Pool or HS Apprentice
SOC code
00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
NAICS code
333111 — Farm tractors and attachments manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
1168
Total hours worked
2376486
EIN
362746168
Establishment ID
572985
Employer case #
251962328

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
25FEB26:20:15:00

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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.