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OSHA Injury Report: John Deere Paton

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at John Deere Paton in Paton, IA 50217 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was f CNC Robotic Welder in seeders, farm-type, manufacturing.

Establishment
John Deere Paton
Street
409 E Paton St
City
Paton
State
IA
ZIP
50217
On-site location
DB small parts weld
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
4

Employee reports that he was grinding on uniball weldments with a hand grinder and wire wheel. The wire wheel caught the edge of the weldment and kicked the grinder back into the employee wrapping up his tshirt causing bruising and lacerations on his right upper arm and right upper torso.

Employee was grinding on uni-ball weldments. The hand grinder with a wire wheel caught the edge of the weldment and kicked the grinder back into the employee wrapping up his t-shirt and causing bruising and lacerations on his right upper arm and right upper torso.

Abrasions and minor cuts to right lateral chest and right upper arm

grinder wire wheel

Abrasions and minor cuts to right lateral chest and right upper arm grinder wire wheel

Job description
F CNC Robotic Welder
SOC code
51-9161 — Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
NAICS code
333111 — Seeders, farm-type, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
88
Total hours worked
160805
Establishment ID
1455790
Employer case #
251961836
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
11:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
23FEB26:14:31:00

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.