Ankeny, IA ·
OSHA Injury Report: John Deere Des Moines Works
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at John Deere Des Moines Works in 825 SW Irvinedale Drive, Ankeny, IA 50023 resulted in days away from work. Employee was k Resource Pool Employee in cotton picker and stripper harvesting machinery manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- John Deere Des Moines Works
- Parent company
- John Deere
- Street
- 825 SW Irvinedale Drive
- City
- Ankeny
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 50023
- On-site location
- 30A, near SS4B
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 24
- Days restricted or transferred
- 8
Before the incident
Drinking coffee in chair waiting for startup meeting
What happened
Leaned back slightly in chair to take a sip of coffee when the back of the chair came apart causing EE to fall backwards about 1.5-2 feet from ground onto concrete. EE reports the wind was knocked out of her and while trying to stand up EE almost blacked out.
Injury or illness
Fall struck back of head and left shoulder on concrete
Object or substance involved
Defective chair concrete floor
Summary line
Fall struck back of head and left shoulder on concrete Defective chair concrete floor
Employee and industry
- Job description
- K Resource Pool Employee
- SOC code
- 00-9900: Insufficient Information - NIOSH
- NAICS code
- 333111: Cotton picker and stripper harvesting machinery manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 1,578
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 2,953,707
- Establishment ID
- 1137658
- Employer case #
- 251963527
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 06:40
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-27
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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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