Waterloo, IA · 2025-09-12

OSHA Injury Report: John Deere Waterloo Foundry

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On 2025-09-12, an injury at John Deere Waterloo Foundry in 2000 Westfield Ave, Waterloo, IA 50701 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was a Qual Sp or J F Cl Op in ductile iron castings, unfinished, manufacturing.

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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 782 300 side

What was the outcome?

Outcome: Other recordable case (code 4)
Type: Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

Offloading cores from the oven belt while using a lifting device.

What happened

EE raised up the core handling device and it came up fast and hit them in the mouth

Injury or illness

Broken left front tooth

Object or substance involved

core handling device raising up after releasing the part.

Summary line

Broken left front tooth core handling device raising up after releasing the part.

Employee and industry

Job description: A Qual Sp or J F Cl Op
SOC code: 00-9900: Insufficient Information - NIOSH
NAICS code: 331511: Ductile iron castings, unfinished, manufacturing
NAICS vintage: 2012
Employees at this establishment (2025 average): 490
Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total): 910,569
EIN: 362382580
Establishment ID: 570100
Employer case #: 25-196406

When (timing detail)

Date of incident: 2025-09-12
Shift started: 22:30
Time of incident: 03:50
Filing year: 2025
Submitted to OSHA: 2026-02-06

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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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