Waterloo, IA ·
OSHA Injury Report: John Deere Waterloo Works Drive Train Operations
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at John Deere Waterloo Works Drive Train Operations in 300 West Commercial Street, Waterloo, IA 50701 resulted in days away from work. Employee was assembler in farm tractors and attachments manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- John Deere Waterloo Works Drive Train Operations
- Parent company
- Deere and Company
- Street
- 300 West Commercial Street
- City
- Waterloo
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 50701
- On-site location
- Dept 504 Station 10
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 166
- Days restricted or transferred
- 14
Before the incident
EE working in [REDACTED] 504 OP 10 Stated has worked there for past 12 years
What happened
Reported the dept recently obtained a new BHLD machine that she used this [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] only ([REDACTED] and [REDACTED]) Described having to squeeze handle on the new machine multiple times throughout her shift in order to complete her split Stated she has to squeeze the handle release springs or pins utilize hoist and squeeze the handles again Stated she is required to squeeze the handle 4 times axle or at least 32 times in her shift to account for 16 units
Injury or illness
Bilateral hand pain numbness and tingling
Object or substance involved
squeezing the handle on the new BHLD machine 4 times axle or at least 32 times during shift
Summary line
Bilateral hand pain numbness and tingling squeezing the handle on the new BHLD machine 4 times axle or at least 32 times during shift
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Assembler
- SOC code
- 51-2099: Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
- NAICS code
- 333111: Farm tractors and attachments manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 1,168
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 2,376,486
- EIN
- 362746168
- Establishment ID
- 572985
- Employer case #
- 251952393
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- Not known — the employer filed this case without a time of day.
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-25
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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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