Waterloo, IA ·
OSHA Injury Report: JD Waterloo Tractor Operations
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at JD Waterloo Tractor Operations in 3500 E. Donald Street, Waterloo, IA 50703 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was tool and Die Maker in tractors and attachments, farm-type, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- JD Waterloo Tractor Operations
- Parent company
- John Deere
- Street
- 3500 E. Donald Street
- City
- Waterloo
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 50703
- On-site location
- South Tool Maker Shop
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Employee was in the south tool shop making tools on lathe. While cleaning up the work piece a metal stringer was created. After shutting machine down employee reached out to break off the stringer and cut his thumb. Employee went to medical and the incident was communicated to the other T001
What happened
employee went to go remove grab a lathe chip from the working area and it sliced his right thumb. Employee was in the south tool shop making tools on lathe. While cleaning up the work piece a metal stringer was created. After shutting machine down employee reached out to break off the stringer and cut his thumb. Employee went to medical and the incident was communicated to the other T001
Injury or illness
2cm laceration to pad of right thumb
Object or substance involved
grabbing lathe chip 4140 material by hand.
Summary line
2cm laceration to pad of right thumb grabbing lathe chip 4140 material by hand.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Tool and Die Maker
- SOC code
- 51-4111: Tool and Die Makers
- NAICS code
- 333111: Tractors and attachments, farm-type, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 848
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 1,726,274
- EIN
- 362746168
- Establishment ID
- 421193
- Employer case #
- 25-195312
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:30
- Time of incident
- 07:20
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-21
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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, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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