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OSHA Injury Report: John Deere Waterloo Works Drive Train Operations

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at John Deere Waterloo Works Drive Train Operations in Waterloo, IA 50701 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was assembler in farm tractors and attachments manufacturing.

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 571
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
14

Employee was assembling gears on a shaft

Employee reported he had difficulty with sliding gears over the shaft all day long for unknown reasons So he used manual force to slide the gear down The gear slides down after he used the force and his small right finger was pinched between the gears

Contusion right small finger

manual force to slide the gear down The gear slid down after using the force and small right finger was pinched between the gears

Contusion right small finger manual force to slide the gear down The gear slid down after using the force and small right finger was pinched between the gears

Job description
Assembler
SOC code
51-2099 — Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
NAICS code
333111 — Farm tractors and attachments manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
1168
Total hours worked
2376486
EIN
362746168
Establishment ID
572985
Employer case #
251953351
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
11:55
Filing year
2025
Submitted
25FEB26:20:15:00

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.