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OSHA Injury Report: John Deere Waterloo Works Drive Train Operations

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at John Deere Waterloo Works Drive Train Operations in Waterloo, IA 50701 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was h Heat Treat Operator 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 126
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Employee reports that he works in heat treat department 126 as a loader Employee reports that he was lifting a 5 pound shaft out of the tube to place in the alloy

Employee reports that he got a pain in the left side of his chest when he turned to place the shaft in the alloy

Left sided chest pain

rotating torso while lifting 5 pound shaft out of the tube to place in alloy

Left sided chest pain rotating torso while lifting 5 pound shaft out of the tube to place in alloy

Job description
H Heat Treat Operator
SOC code
51-4191 — Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal
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 #
251961464
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
9:33
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.