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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 production Welder 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 181
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

welding on the main frame

Welder threw the weld lead forward over the pipe and it came back and hit himself in the right upper leg causing a wire poke to right upper thigh

Wire poke

swing weld gun over pipe sticking upper thigh.

Wire poke swing weld gun over pipe sticking upper thigh.

Job description
Production Welder
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
333111 — Haying machines manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
658
Total hours worked
1270938
Establishment ID
1294453
Employer case #
24 1938361
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
13:30
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.