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OSHA Injury Report: John Deere Ottumwa Works

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at John Deere Ottumwa Works in Ottumwa, IA 52501 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was assembler in haying machines manufacturing.

Establishment
John Deere Ottumwa Works
Parent company
John Deere Ottumwa Works
Street
928 E Vine Street
City
Ottumwa
State
IA
ZIP
52501
On-site location
Department 14 RMC
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

lifting the lever off of the spindle which raises upward in the RMC machine

Machine repair employee lifted cover that was over the spindle in the [REDACTED]. In order to pick up the cover they had to squeeze the cover and lifted it up above their head so the cover clears the spindle to take the cover off.

Left shoulder acromioclavicular joint arthritis

lifting spindle cover.

Left shoulder acromioclavicular joint arthritis lifting spindle cover.

Job description
Assembler
SOC code
51-2099 — Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
NAICS code
333111 — Haying machines manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
658
Total hours worked
1270938
Establishment ID
1294453
Employer case #
24 1932402
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
11:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
06FEB2025:20:12:00

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.