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OSHA Injury Report: JD Waterloo Tractor and Cab Assembly Operations

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at JD Waterloo Tractor and Cab Assembly Operations in Waterloo, IA 50703 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was inspector in tractors and attachments, farm-type, manufacturing.

Establishment
JD Waterloo Tractor and Cab Assembly Operations
Parent company
John Deere
Street
3500 E. Donald Street
City
Waterloo
State
IA
ZIP
50703
On-site location
Dept. 636
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
70

EE reports was training for new job learning torque auditing utilizing various torques

EE reports was training doing torque audits in 636 doing about a 800 nuke meter torque. EE reports attempted once and felt a pulling pain in right knee repositioned and attempted a second time when the employee then felt a burning pulling pain to low to mid back.

Right knee pain and low to mid back pain with spasms

high force and body mechanics while checking 800 NM torque with wrench for audit.

Right knee pain and low to mid back pain with spasms high force and body mechanics while checking 800 NM torque with wrench for audit.

Job description
Inspector
SOC code
51-9061 — Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
NAICS code
333111 — Tractors and attachments, farm-type, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
1360
Total hours worked
2620770
EIN
362746168
Establishment ID
421193
Employer case #
24-1947977
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
03FEB2025:14:29:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.