Waterloo, IA —
OSHA Injury Report: John Deere Waterloo Foundry
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at John Deere Waterloo Foundry in Waterloo, IA 50701 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was a Blstng Clng Cell Oper in ductile iron castings, unfinished, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- John Deere Waterloo Foundry
- Parent company
- John Deere
- Street
- 2000 Westfield Ave
- City
- Waterloo
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 50701
- On-site location
- Dept 871 Spot Blast
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
On [REDACTED] at approximately [REDACTED] I was in my primary role in spot blast I was unaware my PPE neck shroud) was compromised while working
What happened
I felt a couple blast beads hit my neck face I immediately stopped and found a 6inch hole in my shroud and replaced it At [REDACTED] break I noticed my right eye felt a bit dry so I closed my eyes for some time and that seemed to help the dry eye feeling After work I went home and upon waking today I felt my eyes were dry once again but contributed it to allergies [REDACTED] at work around [REDACTED] I felt my right eye was really dry and contributed it to the versaflow. At approximately [REDACTED] I went to the bathroom to look in the mirror and noticed a black speck over my iris I went to medical to get it flushed
Injury or illness
Foreign body in the right eye
Object or substance involved
shot media entering through compromised PPE.
Summary line
Foreign body in the right eye shot media entering through compromised PPE.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- A Blstng Clng Cell Oper
- SOC code
- 00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
- NAICS code
- 331511 — Ductile iron castings, unfinished, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 490
- Total hours worked
- 910569
- EIN
- 362382580
- Establishment ID
- 570100
- Employer case #
- 25-196331
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 22:00
- Time of incident
- 2:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 06FEB26:21:30:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.